On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 1:19 AM, Moritz Lennert <moritzlennert AT altern DOT 
org> wrote:
>> > I have the following host file entry:
>> >
>> > vdm     0       xxxxxxx
>>
>> If you have to use nmblookup instead of DNS to find the IP, that 0
>> (dhcp) in the hosts file should be 1.
>>
>
> The documentation explicitely states the contrary:
>
> http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#how_backuppc_finds_hosts
>
> "You only need to use this DHCP feature if your client machine doesn't respond
> to the NetBios multicast request:
>
>    nmblookup myHost
>
> but does respond to a request directed to its IP address:
>
>    nmblookup -A W.X.Y.Z"
>
> But I'll try as soon as I'm back in the office.
>

An even better solution would be to arrange for dhcp to give a fixed
IP address to that NIC or to dynamically update DNS so you can use dns
instead of nmblookup.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
     lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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