Brent R. Matzelle on Wed, 29 Sep 1999 19:27:33 -0400 (EDT)


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Re: [Plug] Samba Problems


Thanks everyone.  I was not aware that netbios required the PC to reside on the
same subnet.  I changed the subnet and presto, it worked.  

On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> NetBios/Lanmanager is not routed. That means that the PC's only announce
> thier names/presence to their local subnet. If you want to do routed
> netbios, the easiest way to do it is to setup a wins server and 
> configure all the clients to use it. If you're on a different network,
> you'll have to use either their IP or their FQDN. This also supposes
> that theres no firewall in between that blocks smb. 
> 
> Give the IP address a try. 
> 
> 
> J.
> 
> I. I have to survive. Just to stay alive.
> 
> On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Brent R. Matzelle wrote:
> 
> > I tried those things already with the same results.  The Win32 PCs don't use
> > static IP addresses like my computer does.  Could this be the problem?  My
> > computer uses the address 206.181.181.73 with a netmask of 255.255.255.0 and
> > the Win32 PCs use 172.16.1.x with a netmask of 255.255.0.0.  Could this cause a
> > problem with SMB?  I thought that SMB was supposed to work seamlessly over
> > TCP/IP, but since it's a M$ invention, what can I expect :)
> > 
> > On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> > > Are you specifying the right workgroup when you try to browse the 
> > > windows clients? Have you tried it without the -N? If the windows boxes
> > > are in user level mode, and no guest account is enabled you may have 
> > > problems. 
> > > 
> > > The Linux boxes not showing up in the network neighborhood is a known
> > > problem with winnt post sp3 if your linux boxes use clear text passwords
> > > for smb traffic. You can enable password encryption in the smb.conf.
> > > Read ENCRYPTION.txt distributed with samba.
> > > 
> > > However, you should still be able to view/use shares without it enabled.
> > > So thats only half your problem. Maybe. 
> > > 
> > > Try browsing useing 'smbclient -L SERVER' Then see what happens. You may
> > > need to use the -W and -l options.
> > > 
> > > Thats about all I can think of right now. The source comes with some
> > > good docs, and an HTMLized faq. Its helped me a good deal.
> > > 
> > > J.
> > > 
> > > I. I have to survive. Just to stay alive.
> > > 
> > > On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Brent R. Matzelle wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I had Mandrake install Samba on my computer as a daemon with all the normal
> > > > defaults in place.  I can ping Win32 clients and they can ping me, but I
> > > > can't see them using 'smbclient -L CLIENT -N' and they can't see my computer
> > > > in Network Neighborhood.  The only computer that I can see is my friend's
> > > > computer, which is another Linux PC configured the same as my own.  Any
> > > > suggestions for what I can do to see the Win32 clients?
> > > > 
> > > > When I use smbclient to lookup my own client I get:
> > > > Added interface ip=206.181.181.73 bcast=206.181.181.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
> > > > if that's any help.  
> > > > 
> > > > --
> > > > Brent R. Matzelle
> > > > 
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