> DOes it use DNS? or got something to do with WINS .. uumm. still i don't
> have clear understanding what functions WINS does?
You don't need to bother about WINS on a single-segment LAN. As I
understand it, WINS is similar to DNS, but for NetBIOS names.
Windows has three methods for determining an address given a NetBIOS
name:
1) a broadcast on the local LAN
2) the lmhosts file, and
3) WINS
1 is fine for a single-segment LAN. 2 lets you specify other systems
that aren't on the local LAN. 3 is for larger networks where it's
impractical to maintain lots of lmhosts files.
The first thing to try is using Start Menu -> Find -> Computer to see
if Windows will find your computer by name. If that works OK, then
it's just browsing that's not working.
-- Glynn Clements <glynn@sensei.co.uk>