I don't think that trying to resolve the name of the HP3000 or HP9000 using WINS
will work at all. I've done quite a few NT network installations, and WINS was
meant to resolve WINDOWS COMPUTER NAMES (i.e. //trmc-nt for example) to an IP
address. If you need a name-to-IP resolution for computers on platforms other
than Windows, you will definitely need a DNS or the hosts file on the PCs.
 
It's interesting that you have the HP9000. Why don't you use that as the DNS?
It's pretty simple to set it up. If you need help setting up the DNS on the 9K,
I'd be glad to post the steps.
 
 
yuhsin
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Subject: Re: DHCP/WINS and the HP 3000
Author:  Non-HP-HP3000-L ([log in to unmask]) at HP-Singapore,shargw30
Date:    7/31/96 4:34 AM
 
 
In a message dated 96-07-30 12:52:51 EDT, [log in to unmask] (Dan
Hollis) writes:
 
<<
 The HP3000 needs to have DHCP client software. You can't just set up DHCP on
a
 network and expect everything to just magically start working.
 
 Does the HP3000 have a DHCP client?
 
 Also, WINS has nothing to do with DNS name resolution. You will never be
 able to ping any machine by its WINS name from a non-Windoze machine.
  >>
 
Hum,
 
I am well aware that the HP 3000 does not have a DHCP client.  That is why I
want to create a reservation on DHCP for that server.  Then using WINS, on
any Win95 or NT client on the network, I should be able to ping say "alpha"
(my HP 3000) and WINS would convert the address for the Windows based client.
 
All I want, basically, is for all my PCs and NT to know autonmagically where
alpha is and what the address is.  I do not expect, or want alpha to be able
to ping any Win 95/NT box without it using its HOSTS file.  Since the HP 3000
is my server, it does not really want to inititate a conversation with any
other node.  The same goes for my HP 9000.
 
DHCP offers the capability of reserving an address and associating a name
with that address.  In order to do that, you also need to feed it the MAC
address of that node.  That is what my original post was all about.  Several
people pointed me in the right direction to obtain the MAC address on the HP
3000.  I successfully retrieved that information and fed it to DHCP.  Still
no joy, I cannot ping my HP 3000 from a Win95 PC, without a HOSTS file on
that PC.
 
The search continues.
 
Kind regards,
 
Denys. . .