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WINS is probably set up on the NT box. This allows other Windows machines to reference each other by machine name but is not a name resolution option for most aspects of Linux except Samba.<br />
Can you verify if the NT is using WINS?
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WINS is probably set up on the NT box. This allows other Windows machines to reference each other by machine name but is not a name resolution option for most aspects of Linux except Samba.
Can you verify if the NT is using WINS?

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Yes, you're right, WINS is there - but in the WINS database there is only a handful of machines registered.
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Yes, you're right, WINS is there - but in the WINS database there is only a handful of machines registered.

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Thanks for that. I still don't know the reason for specifying the host name in pump if this doesn't actually do anything.
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Thanks for that. I still don't know the reason for specifying the host name in pump if this doesn't actually do anything.

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I have an NT4 DHCP server which assigns IP adresses and allows references to host names (as well as IP addresses) over the network. On my Redhat 6.1 box, that uses 'pump' client, I can get it to find an IP address, but the host name for the machine does not register, so I can't access the linux box by it's name.<br />
Pump is initialised by issuing:<br />
&nbsp;pump -i eth0 -h elmer<br />
Elmer is the host name. How can I get this to register?<br />
Thanks in advance.
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I have an NT4 DHCP server which assigns IP adresses and allows references to host names (as well as IP addresses) over the network. On my Redhat 6.1 box, that uses 'pump' client, I can get it to find an IP address, but the host name for the machine does not register, so I can't access the linux box by it's name.
Pump is initialised by issuing:
 pump -i eth0 -h elmer
Elmer is the host name. How can I get this to register?
Thanks in advance.

Redhat 6.1 pump and WinNT DHCP

The variety of Linux distributions creates myriad issues relating to configuration and operations when computers are networked, not the least of which is the use of various network management applications, some of which are included with specific distributions, while others are standalone applications.