samba - Jan 2011 - Samba only access by ip but not hostname/server string

Hi, I am using samba version 3 (probably), and the problem is that the linux
based nas can only be accessed via its ip 192.168.x.x but not its hostname
/server string appointed by the smb.conf file:
[code]
[global]
netbios name = NAS
server string = NAS
smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd
security = SHARE
workgroup = WORKGROUP
encrypt passwords = true
short preserve case = yes
preserve case = yes
guest account = ftp
guest ok = yes
force user = root
force group = root
socket options = SO_KEEPALIVE TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=16384 SO_SNDBUF=16384
interfaces = eth0 lo
[/code]
I tried to search this problem online, but there is very little information
and answered questions regarding.
Thanks!
Ted C.
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This is likely an issue related to you dns configuration, can you post some
helpful info about your router/dhcp/dns setup ?

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On Jan 31, 2011, at 3:26 PM, ted_chou12 <ted_chou12 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi, I am using samba version 3 (probably), and the problem is that the
linux
> based nas can only be accessed via its ip 192.168.x.x but not its hostname
> /server string appointed by the smb.conf file:
> [code]
> [global]
> netbios name = NAS
> server string = NAS
> smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd
> security = SHARE
> workgroup = WORKGROUP
> encrypt passwords = true
> short preserve case = yes
> preserve case = yes
> guest account = ftp
> guest ok = yes
> force user = root
> force group = root
> socket options = SO_KEEPALIVE TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=16384 SO_SNDBUF=16384
> interfaces = eth0 lo
> [/code]
> I tried to search this problem online, but there is very little information
> and answered questions regarding.
> Thanks!
> Ted C.
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Hi, my dns setup is 192.168.2.1, the ip address of the machine specifically
is 192.168.2.101. Is that what you are asking for?
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