> using the hostname then it's a no go. The NetBSD machine will be my =
> developing server and will only be visible on the local LAN (yes my 2 =
> machines), ins't the Linksys router supposed to resolv the IP and =
> hostname issue? any ideas or suggestions greatly appreciated :-)
> 

I assume that you are using dhcp if you want linksys to take care of all
the ip stuff and such. Have you checked your dhclient.conf or whatever
it is to make sure that it is sending the right hostname? I had BSD
boxes working with OS X and Windows boxes just fine on dhcp, but you had
to specify the right hostname to be sent out in the /etc/dhclient.conf.
You might have to create it yourself. Check out dhclient.conf(5) to find
out more about that.

That would be my guess.

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