host name ?

[n9mfk]

Hi All,
im using putty on win 7 to ssh to my pi
if i us ip address it works but if i use host name raspberrypi i got host not found
what can i do to fix this? thanks Beau

[redhawk]

It doesn't work because 'raspberrypi' is not a valid hostname.

Richard S.

[n9mfk]

how do i find the do find hostname ?
thanks Beau

[Oardinator]

To get your Raspberry Pi to show it's hostname on a windows network you need to first enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP on your nic. To do this right click on the network connection and selection properties. Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and click the properties button. In the next dialog click on the advanced button which will bring up the Advanced TCP/IP dialog. Select the WINS tab and enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP.

On the Raspberry Pi you need to install samba and winbind
$ sudo apt-get install samba
$ sudo apt-get install winbind

Edit /etc/nsswitch.conf to enable wins
change 'hosts: files dns' TO 'hosts: files wins dns'

To change the hostname
edit /etc/hostname

FYI 'raspberrypi' works just fine as a host name

$ sudo reboot

[joan]

Doesn't Windows have a HOST file? Might be simpler just to add an entry to that, e.g.

192.168.1.13 raspberrypi

[malakai]

You can find a Windows hosts file by typing in the run line

%systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc\

Open and edit in notepad but best to put a static IP on the Pi

[n9mfk]

samba an winbind worked great

thanks beau

[thrawn]

@quardinator thank you very much.