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On Thursday 21 March 2002 01:27, Art wrote:
Go to control panel, network, windows share. Enter the information there. Go to Lan Browsing, enter the domain name, then apply. Install LinNeighborhood from the Suse 7.3 CD. Open LinNeighborhood (Internet, Tools), then do the setup on it under Options, Preferences. You can enter your logon and password.
This is very clear and concise. This should have been in the manual! One thing I don't understand is the relationship between DNZ and DHCP in SuSE. In my case, I am using SuSE 7.3 on a dual boot (with Win 2k) and am connected to a LinkSys router and a cable modem. In otherwords, I have both a WAN and a LAN. The LAN is made up of 3 Win 98 SE computers. Before I could access my Internet connection, I needed to fill out a hostname and a domain name. This is based on DNS configuration as far as I can tell. As I don't need this for Internet access (using DHCP), I filled these out like I would in Windows: Hostname (computer name): thor, Domain (workgroup): asgaard. While I realize that hostname-computer name and domain-workgroup are not really equivalent, I have not been able to ascertain how the two are related despite extensive reading of late. I believe that I may have setup my network configuration incorrectly, but hey, it has worked until now. The problem for me is also with using the smbclient and LinNeighbothood to access the Win machines on my LAN. When I open a shell, the prompt is <user>@thor According to "Broadband Internet Connections: A User's Guide to DSL and Cable." by Roderick W. Smith, it is possible to setup a DNS like thor.asgaard.invalid but I am unsure what use this is in my situation. The crux of the problem seems to be the mix between DHCP and DNS that is forced on me by the configuration parameters for getting an Internet connection, but what to correct, I am unsure. Any ideas? Cheers, Brian BTW, all of the above is in reference to using the smbclient. I am not serving SMB.