[Samba] how do I resolve local machine names for a windows 2k network?

[Peter Atkin]

I am having problem resolving local machine names from the workstaions, but I can resolve 
them from the server e.g.

If I ping from the local server "mail.cf.com" I get..

PING mail.cf.com (10.0.0.1) from 10.0.0.100 : 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from mail.cf.com (10.0.0.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=0.274 ms 
....

but if i ping from the workstation "mail.cf.com" I get..
Unknown host mail.cf.com

Am am not sure what to to next I have tried adding the local server to the route 
"route del default gw 10.0.0.100" when I did that all my internet access died and I still 
could not ping by name the mail server.

If I do "netstat -nr" i get:
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags   MSS Window  irtt Iface
213.177.164.84  0.0.0.0         255.255.255.252 U        40 0          0 eth0
10.0.0.0        0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U        40 0          0 eth1
127.0.0.0       0.0.0.0         255.0.0.0       U        40 0          0 lo
0.0.0.0         213.177.164.85  0.0.0.0         UG       40 0          0 eth0

I have setup the the following files: 
/etc/hosts
127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain localhost
10.0.0.1        mail.cf.com     mail
10.0.0.100      smb_server      smb
10.0.0.10       hp4500n         hp

/etc/resolv.conf 
order hosts, bind
multi on

nameserver 213.177.165.49
nameserver 213.177.165.57
nameserver 203.37.255.97
domain localdomain
; generated by /sbin/dhclient-script

/etc/dhcpd.conf           
#/etc/dchpd.conf
#Server should start from 1 to 19
#Printers should start from 20 to 29
#Users should be DHCP from x.x.x.110 to x.x.x.150

authoritative;
ddns-update-style interim;
deny duplicates;
deny client-updates;
always-broadcast on;

subnet 10.0.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
        range 10.0.0.110 10.0.0.150;
        default-lease-time 300;
        max-lease-time 300;
        option pop-server 10.0.0.1;
        option smtp-server 10.0.0.1;
        option routers 10.0.0.100;
        option nntp-server 10.0.0.100;
        option ip-forwarding off;
        option time-servers 132.236.56.250;
        option broadcast-address 10.0.255.255;
        option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
        option domain-name-servers 213.177.165.49, 213.177.165.57;
        }


Does anyone know whats up, I have not had any success with finding solutions here, if I am 
not following protocal, not explaining my problem well, or i just being dumb please inform 
me so I can learn..

Kind Regards

Peter


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