Linux Computer Names not found

[Mike]

Dazed_75 wrote:
> Whether I look at the DHCP Clients Table on my Linksys WRT54G, a 
> Network Neighborhood window in XP, a nbtstat -c or net view command 
> result in a command window, or a servers list in Ubuntu I only see 
> names for my Windows boxes and my TiVo unit.  The Linux boxes show up 
> in the DHCP client list of course but sans any name at all.  I can 
> ping the windows boxes by name from another windows box but not from 
> Linux.
>
> 1) What makes the router recognize the box names for clients other 
> than Linux?  Can something in Linux be configured so the router knows 
> their names?
>
> 2) I am guessing that the windows ping command gets box names from 
> something other than DNS or the HOSTS file.  Anyone know what?  Or if 
> Linux is using that ability (via Samba?) to find the Windows Network 
> boxes?  Could that facility be used to make the Linux box names known 
> to Windows boxes?

As for getting the name to show up on a dhcp server, (e.g. the linksys) 
if your using the dhcp3 client on linux you just need to add something like
send host-name "computername";
to your /etc/dhclient.conf or /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf


-Mike