Name Resolution
 

Hi,
Whenever I try to connect to a windows machine through SSH or samba I get an error message.>>>Temporary failure in Name Resolution.
What can be its reason.ANd how can I connect to my windows machine easily ???.I know machine Username and Password and all are connected to my ethernet ???

you probably dont have the right dns server kept in /etc/resolv.conf

I want to access Windows Machine through my PCLinuxOS
 

AA,
I want to access Windows Machine through my PCLinuxOS.And those are Win machine which I want to access.

can you ping the windows machines?

paste the output of the command
cat /etc/resolv.conf

resolv.conf
 

AA,
I am only getting this when going to resolv.conf

cat /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 172.16.0.250

Any Solution
 

Any Solution So Far ???

you arent answering the questions asked properly,
can you ping any other machine from your linux pc.

is 172.16.0.250 your server/router?

Yap
 

Yes 172.16.0.251 is my server address through which I connect to the net.And it is running Windows OS.

Is 172.16.0.250 a DNS server? If it isn't, then your computer will have no idea how to resolve a domain name.

try adding your ISP's DNS servers to resolv.conf

(duh)