Confused on windows verses Linux networking

[Jared Stofflett]

I have two Linux boxes, both running fedora core 2. One is meant as a
windows file server so runs samba, and has the line in smb.conf that reads
something like
Hostname=dataServer
I know that this creates a NetBIOS name which is used to brows networks in
windows. I have another Linux box that I'm trying to run as a local web
server, so it's really stripped down. All windows clients are going to be
accessing it through internet explorer. I do not want to start to run samba,
but would like to have an easier way to access it then having to type in
192.168.0.109
I know I was able to access stuff on the box running samba by doing
http://dataServer:901
TO get to swatt, using the NetBIOS name as a fully qualified domain name.
Unfortunately all the stuff I've read about hostnames under Linux is
yourComputer.yourDomain.someOtherDomain.com
Is there a way to set the computer to ignore domains so that everything on
the same subnet such as 192.168.0.xxx will be able to do the following 
http://webserver
Where webserver is the Linux box that isn't running samba.
Everything I've read says I'd have to do
http://webserver.mydomain.com
Which assumes I own a domain, which I do not, and am not going to.
appreciate any help with this.