lkml.org 
[lkml]   [1999]   [Jun]   [15]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: ppp not forwarding broadcast packets?
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk) wrote :

> > I get your point. Still, it's inconvenient when you don't have an
> > ethernet card for your laptop and you want to SMB-mount that share full of
> > MP3s to load up before you hit the road.
>
> That is why Windows 9x has LMHOSTS, and other facilities that solve this.
> Just typing in the IP of the host might even work if they've been clueful

Typing in the FQDN works too. I mounted that way \\sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk\public
I actually used the name \\sn.doc.ic.ac.uk\public , because of some stupid
name-length limit in Win95 , but that may be fixed by now.

--
David Balazic , student
E-mail : 1stein@writeme.com | living in sLOVEnija
home page: http://surf.to/stein
Computer: Amiga 1200 + Quantum LPS-340AT
--

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 13:52    [W:0.035 / U:2.440 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site