HI. i use linux mandrank 8.2 And my office have 4 group of lan ex:. support , service , acc. , admin when i use windows i can see all i can ping by name but i install linux I can play internet i can ping ip , and i can use nslookup + ip it show name of that IP. but when i ping [ name ] it not show. If i wanna know who in lan . what they do. what command ? for check . if my detail is. [ i use windows winipcfg ] show hostname mahpae DNS server 10.0.4.105 Node Type Hybird Ip address 10.0.101.80 Subnet mask 255.255.0.0 DEfault gat, 10.0.0.1 DHCO server 10.0.4.105 Primary WINS Server 10.0.4.105 what fine to set ? please help me

And i would like to know. what command for check what they do ? and how to i know REAL ip for me. and they sometime i want to remote from home to office for download. THank you Ps1. if I want to make fileserver , mailserver i can do ? I not server computer i just one conputer in office

Sounds like your DNS is not set up correctly. Try running netconf to set it up and ifconfig to view current setting. NB ifconfig eth0 [up/down] will turn your network connection on/off providing you have the one NIC and its set up as eth0