Windows names and Host Interface question.

[grayfox]

Hi ,
I am running a Fedora 9 host and WinXP guest with virtual box 1.6.4.
with host additions installed.

I am using the host interface networking interface and using parprouted to
bind eth1 ( wireless) and tap0 so I can used a fixed ip.

Everything more or less works except other machines cannot see the
windows names with respect to sharing ie instead of using something
like:
\\xplinuxvm\jerry

access a share I have to use

\\192.168.1.63\jerry

from other machines .... ie I have to use an IP.

I don't know diddley-squat about windows style networking.

I suspect that using a proxy arp is probably causing a screw up...

Is the problem that broadcasts are somehow not being passed
between my local net and the proxy arp to/from the guest?

Inquiring minds want to know

Thanks,

Jerry

[Sasquatch]

All I can do now, is say that you already gave the anwer. Parproute obviously does not pass the broadcast to the other network. As Windows does a broadcast of it's network name using NetBIOS, a protocol not used by Linux, the name of your VM will not be broadcasted to the other computers on the network.