[NTLUG:Discuss] @home on a LINUX system -- computer identity?

[MadHat]

At 01:14 PM 1/24/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>Right, it is the NETBIOS name (that much I know). Thanks for the tip on 
>Samba, folks.
>
>One thing's killing me, though. Yes it is dumb, and yes, it's not my 
>imagination. All things equal, NOT having an AT&T assigned name kills my 
>connection (there's no questioning that). But WHAT ON EARTH in the AT&T 
>network is LOOKING for that name? I don't get it. I'm not joining their 
>Windows network (at least I don't want to). All I'm doing is getting 
>routed from my cable modem, out to their Internet peering router. Could a 
>router be looking for it? Or would it have to be a Windows server looking 
>for it. If so, what kind? Like a Radius server or something? I'd love to know.
>
>

if you are just unplugging the Win box and plugging in the Linux box 
without resetting the cable modem (and depending on which cable modem you 
have) it may not work because of the ARP tables stored in the 
modem/router  After the Linux box is plugged in, unplug the power from the 
cable modem and let it sit for a sec, then plug it back in.  Give it a few 
seconds to go through the diagnostics and then see if it worked.   This is 
what I had to do when I first switched from one machine to another and when 
I changed NICs.






>At 12:08 PM 1/24/01 -0600, you wrote:
>
>> > From discuss-admin at ntlug.org Wed Jan 24 11:46 CST 2001
>> > Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 11:44:20 -0600
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>> > "Michael B. Lee" wrote:
>> > >
>> > > I just noticed something odd about AT&T's @home cable service. Unless it
>> > > finds the Windows computer name they assign you, it won't work. (Network
>> > > Neighborhood --> Identification --> Computer name).
>> > >
>> > > So, if I'm going to run my LINUX box over the cable service, how do I
>> > > replicate that computer name in LINUX? (Where do I configure it?). I'm
>> > > using the Red Hat 7.0 distribution, if that makes any kind of 
>> difference.
>> >
>> > Do you mean the 'hostname' ?
>> >
>> > If so, you can change it temporarily by saying (as 'root'):
>> >
>> >    hostname {newname}
>> >
>> > ...but to change it permenantly, (to quote from the 'hostname'
>> > man page):
>> >
>> >       "The  host  name  is  usually set once at system startup in
>> >        /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 or /etc/init.d/boot (normally by  read­
>> >        ing  the  contents of a file which contains the host name,
>> >        e.g.  /etc/hostname)."
>> >
>>
>>The "Network Neighborhood --> Identification --> Computer name" thing is
>>(please correct me if I'm wrong here) I believe the NETBIOS name which is
>>part of the SMB browser function. For a Unix/Linux box to be visible in
>>the "Network Neighborhood" means that it must be running the nmbd daemon
>>and thus advertising its NETBIOS name as defined in (typically) smbd.conf.
>>
>>This is part of the Samba package, and I believe that you would not need
>>to run the complementary smbd daemon which allows your box to share out
>>directories and/or printers via the SMB protocol (M$ file & print services).
>>Running any SMB services out on the internet brings into consideration of
>>a number of security issues.
>>
>>Are you sure that @home really requires this? Seems kinda dumb to me, and
>>makes me wonder about MacOS machines on @home as well. Perhaps others can
>>provide some clarification here. I'm not that familiar with @home service.
>>
>>Mark.Bickel at ericsson.com
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