[Gllug] Resolving host names from a dhcp server

[N.Pauli]

Dear All, 
 
I'm using TightVNC's vncviewer to connect to VNCservers running on clients 
on our network. What I want to do is to be able to type in the host's name 
(e.g. it24) rather than its ip address (e.g. 10.0.3.62) to be able to view 
that station. Originally my linux box [linuxbox] had a static ip address so, 
not unreasonably, I thought that if I want this to work linuxbox should get 
its address via the same dhcp server as used by the stations. I made this 
change and manually edited /etc/hosts to reflect the change but I still 
cannot connect via vncviewer to it24 but only to 10.0.3.62. Nor can I ping 
it24 - though I can ping 10.0.3.62. Dhcp clients running WindowsXP can pull 
off this "connect to the host name" trick quite successfully. 
 
Is their something here I am missing? 
 
Thanks, 
Nigel 
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Nigel Pauli 
Network Manager 
St. John's School, Northwood 
 



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