If you are running a Debian-based distribution, just run the following command:
apt-get install avahi-dameon
Once you have it installed, you can ping machines on your LAN by their hostname and the .local suffix, for example:
ping hostname.local
Red-Hat based distributions usually have a firewall enabled, remember to allow port 5353 (mDNS). (system-config-firewall on Fedora)
You now have a distributed multicast-based DNS service on your local network based on Zero-Conf technology. You can find more information at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avahi_(software)
http://avahi.org/
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