Question : resolve ip address to hostname

Hi,

Presently I have a windows 2000 pro edition, it's running win route lite for sharing internet(this is our gateway).
I need to have something like a dns server running in that machine(resolving ip to hostname).
The win route lite has a feature called forwarding dns request, which doesn't help.
Netbios is turn off on all the client workstations.
I've tried to use the host file on the gateway seems the client workstations isn't resolving hostnames only domain names.
example
1.1.1.1        www.domainname.com   <-----------it can resolve this record
2.2.2.2         hostname                        <-----------it doesn't resolve this (for client workstations)

how to resolve ip address to hostname?


Thanks,

Answer : resolve ip address to hostname

Well the "Append primary and connection specific DNS suffixes" will allow you to add many differnet DNS suffixes if you have many internal domains but for some reason don't want to use a DNS server.

The "DNS suffix for this connection" will just add the dns suffix by default for your one domain. If you have more then one domain say mail.domain1.com and mail.domain2.com then you would need to add all the domain suffixes in the "Append these suffixes in this order" piece.

What is the main reasoning for NOT having a DNS system service running?