We recently experienced "loss of service" with our Internet provider and as a result none of our PC's could log-on to Samba Shares. As soon as the service was restored all was well. Questions: Is DNS necessary to run samba? If not, how should naming be setup? Do all of the clients need forward and reverse entries? I guess what I am asking is there a definitive way to setup naming for local operation? I have the Blair book in front of me now, Hhhhmmmm......... Many thanks in advance. CC