From: Joe Hunt 

>
>How could I set the name?
>

On Knoppix, it is the contents of the file /etc/hostname while in
Slackware, it it named /etc/HOSTNAME so I'd look for either of those files.
 I'm sure that there's a way to use a gui tool, but I don't know how you do
that with Fedora/gnome.

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>But if I configure a static IP address in the Linux box doesn't that
>make it easier to configure SAMBA?

You don't want your samba server to be changing ip addresses.  I wouldn't
say it's because it makes it easier to configure samba. Rather, it has more
to do with methods of name resolution for the Windows clients.

The term static IP address can be understood in two ways: generically
meaning that the ip address doesn't change, and specifically in the sense
that it is understood to mean configuring it by entering a specific ip
address in a configuration file or via a gui tool.  What matters is that it
doesn't change over time, as a dynamically assigned (via dhcp) address may.
 Having your dhcp server reserve the address for your ethernet card
accomplishes this,  If you prefer, you can statically assign it on your
linux box.  There are many ways to do this depending upon the linux
distribution, but even then, you need to look at your firewall (dhcp
server) to see which range of addresses are being dynamically assigned, so
that you don't choose one of those which then might conflict with one the
dhcp server hands out.

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