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Here’s a procedure I found on taesch.com to ping a Ubuntu machine by the hostname from a Windows PC:

1. sudo vi /etc/nsswitch.conf
   hosts: files wins dns
2. sudo aptitude install winbind
3. sudo aptitude install samba

SOURCE: http://taesch.com/my-digital-life/cant-ping-ubuntu-hostname-from-windows-xp-setup-winbind

Given that I spent time and money on my FeeNAS node, I want to maximize its usage, so when a friend told me that I can use PXE and NFS to boot a diskless computer from the network, I thought it was the perfect opportunity to try somehing new and activate some more services under FreeNAS!

vi /etc/init.d/1000Mbs

#!/bin/sh

ETHTOOL="/usr/sbin/ethtool"
DEV="eth0"

case "$1" in
    start)
        echo -n "Setting eth0 speed 1000 full-duplex...";
        $ETHTOOL -s $DEV speed 1000 duplex full autoneg on;
        echo " done."
        ;;
    stop)
        ;;
esac

exit 0

update-rc.d 1000Mbs defaults

SOURCE: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-linux-add-ethtool-duplex-settings-permanent.html