From 7be7483cc6d39b939e2e1bb7a4d084877d5cad34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Terpstra Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 15:22:44 +0000 Subject: Relocate name lookup info to correct section. (This used to be commit 30e1204c31c45b6a8c7e30bc62d619a520d17f02) --- docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/NetworkBrowsing.xml | 35 ++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/NetworkBrowsing.xml') diff --git a/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/NetworkBrowsing.xml b/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/NetworkBrowsing.xml index ceee0becd9..43965513be 100644 --- a/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/NetworkBrowsing.xml +++ b/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/NetworkBrowsing.xml @@ -219,22 +219,6 @@ that it will take time to establish a browse list and it can take up to 45 minutes to stabilize, particularly across network segments. - - - -TCP/IP without NetBIOS - - -NetBIOS -NetBIOS-less -DNS -All TCP/IP-enabled systems use various forms of host name resolution. The primary -methods for TCP/IP hostname resolution involve either a static file (/etc/hosts) -or the Domain Name System (DNS). DNS is the technology that makes -the Internet usable. DNS-based host name resolution is supported by nearly all -TCP/IP-enabled systems. Only a few embedded TCP/IP systems do not support DNS. - - When an MS Windows 200x/XP system attempts to resolve a host name to an IP address it follows a defined path: @@ -243,7 +227,7 @@ it follows a defined path: Checks the hosts file. It is located in - C:\Windows NT\System32\Drivers\etc. + %SystemRoot%\System32\Drivers\etc. @@ -264,10 +248,25 @@ it follows a defined path: Looks up entries in LMHOSTS, located in - C:\Windows NT\System32\Drivers\etc. + %SystemRoot%\System32\Drivers\etc. + + + +TCP/IP without NetBIOS + + +NetBIOS +NetBIOS-less +DNS +All TCP/IP-enabled systems use various forms of host name resolution. The primary +methods for TCP/IP hostname resolution involve either a static file (/etc/hosts) +or the Domain Name System (DNS). DNS is the technology that makes +the Internet usable. DNS-based host name resolution is supported by nearly all +TCP/IP-enabled systems. Only a few embedded TCP/IP systems do not support DNS. + DNS -- cgit