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Accessing Windows from Linux/Mac by name using TCP/IP

Fresh7 days ago
Mar 15, 20262465 views
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What are some solutions to access Windows by its computer name from Linux and Mac using TCP/IP. That is, from terminal I want to be able to ping my Windows PCs using its host name. My setup is: Various machines running Ubuntu, Windows XP and OS X. Networked using a consumer grade wireless router wh…

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Fix for: Accessing Windows from Linux/Mac by name using TCP/IP

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I ended up going with multicast DNS by installing Apple's Bonjour. Now I can address the Windows PCs by using the address from the OS X and Linux machines.

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