[vox-tech] home network - how to make a UNIX known to the other PC (Windows)

[Nick Schmalenberger]

On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 10:07:23PM -0400, Hai Yi wrote:
> This might be a very simple question, so forgive me if it is.
> 
> I have two PCs at home. One is Ubuntu the other is Windows XP.
> 
> Ubuntu machine has a name "zodiac", how can it makes it known to the
> Window XP machine? I want to install a tightvnc server on Ubuntu and a
> client on Windows so it can visit the Ubuntu.
> 
> I  guess I need to modify the hosts and network files on Win XP to
> include the IP and name of the Ubuntu machine?
>
Yes, that would work well. The Windows XP hosts file is
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
You can also use nmbd in samba to advertise your Ubuntu computer using
the Windows SMB protocol.
Nick Schmalenberger