Device Name Resolution Question

[kwebster83]

I'm developing an embedded device which has a TCP-IP stack built in to the real-time operating system. I've implemented a NetBIOS application on top of this stack to allow the resolution of my embedded device using its host name rather than IP address - allowing me to easily identify it on a network.

The NetBIOS implementation appears to be working correctly as I can ping the embedded device name from my local PC and I can see through Wireshark that the device responds, however the device still appears in the "Attached Devices" list on the router as "--" yet the IP and MAC addresses are correct.

Is there any other way in which an FVS318v3 resolves host names rather than using NetBIOS? Having done a Wireshark capture, it does appear that the router sends out NBNS queries but I feel I'm missing a trick.

Can anyone shed any more light on the name resolution process used by the routers?

Thanks in advance,
Kev

[kwebster83]

Can anyone at all help with this?

Is there a better place to post this message or is there a more specialist technical support email address I can use?

Thanks