Windows computer doesn't see name of linux machine

[Pete Holsberg]

talmage at somtel.com keyed the following on 4/21/2007 10:28 PM:
> The Windows computer needs to know what IP address to associate with 
> the name of your linux system.
> For just a few computers on a home network, the easiest way is to 
> probably just put entries in the hosts file which should be in your 
> Windows sub directory.  If you don't have a hosts file there, just 
> create one.  The entries should be in the form IP-Address computer-name
> something like-
> 192.168.1.2 sleepy
> 192.168.1.3 doc
> 192.168.1.4 dopey
> Hosts should be a text file and there should be no filename extension.

Thanks. That seems to have worked.