Ubuntu VM Guest – Samba Service Not Accessible from VM Host via Hostname

I have a Windows 7 Laptop Workstation with a Ubuntu 10.10 VM running in Virtual Box 3.2.12 r68302. I recently updated Samba and winbind, and since the update, I am unable to access the machine via it’s hostname (\mystique) from the VM Host. I can access it by the “Host-only” IP (\192.168.56.101) and the DHCP Assigned IP address (\10.1.1.20) and I can connect to the webserver on the machine via it’s hostname (http://mystique/).

As stated, accessing this machine via it’s hostname worked fine prior to the update, but has since stopped working. I have added the hostname to the smb.conf for the netbios name, to no avail.

My smb.conf [global] section looks like this:

   workgroup = NETWORK
   netbios name = Mystique
   server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
   dns proxy = no
   log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
   max log size = 1000
   syslog = 0
   panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d

   encrypt passwords = true
   passdb backend = tdbsam
   obey pam restrictions = yes
   unix password sync = yes
   passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
   passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
   pam password change = yes
   map to guest = bad user
   usershare allow guests = yes

EDIT: I have also tried creating an entry in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts for 192.168.56.101 mystique but that doesn’t work either

EDIT 2: When I boot the machine at home, with no other changes, I am able to access the VM Guest by hostname without any issues. This leads me to believe the problem has something to do with the DHCP system at the office …

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