Thread: JAVA on the N900 is possible!
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2010-01-15 , 15:55
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#109
Originally Posted by Dak View Post
I too have DHCP and wifi....yet it doesn't work. I understand why it doesn't work and don't expect it to work. This is why I raised the warning flag about your suggestion - on most stock systems it likely won't work either.

There is more to your config....you really should explain what. DNS server? NIS? Funky WINS router etc?
on windows pc's usually works flawlessly, on linux depends on wether you have installed winbind or not:
apt-get install winbind

the winbind daemon is able to talk with the router and resolve the names.
It's Micro$oft technology, so it's usually not installed by default...