Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 16:27:33 -0500 From: Ugo Bellavance <ugob@camo-route.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Device Name & Netgear Router Message-ID: <dso983$pv$1@sea.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <200602121559.44033.gerard@seibercom.net> References: <200602121559.44033.gerard@seibercom.net>
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Gerard Seibert wrote: > I have a Netgear Cable/DSL Router - RP614v3 that connects two WinXP > machines with two FreeBSD 5.4 machines to each other. The router is > connected to a Cable Modem, but I do not think that is relevant to this > question. > > On the router's configuration screen, under maintenance is a "Attached > Devices" menu item. This will list all four machines connected to the > router with their respective MAC addresses. However, only the WinXP > machines have their 'Device Name' listed. > > I was wondering why this is. I cannot seem to locate any specific > information on the Netgear site regarding this. Everything works fine, > so I assume it is not a serious problem. Probably just because the router makes a request for the netbios name of computers. If you don't run samba on your freebsd box, it gets no answer, so no there is no serious problem about that. > > -- Ugo -> Please don't send a copy of your reply by e-mail. I read the list. -> Please avoid top-posting, long signatures and HTML, and cut the irrelevant parts in your replies.
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