[lug] Samba connectivity question

[Mark Sweitzer]

They can ping by IP only. And they can't see the server in a browser, either
by IP or by share-name.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us
> [mailto:lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us]On Behalf Of Hugh Brown
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 6:20 PM
> To: Boulder (Colorado) Linux Users Group -- General Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [lug] Samba connectivity question
>
>
> Can the win98 computers ping the linux server by ip?  What
> about by name?
>
> Hugh
>
> On Wed, 25 May 2005, Mark Sweitzer wrote:
>
> >
> > I'm using Samba 3.0.10 on Mandriva 10.1.
> >
> > Directories and a printer are being shared to a mixed
> Windows workgroup.
> >
> > The WinXP computers are accessing the Samba shares.
> >
> > The Win98 computers cannot see the Linux server at all. The
> server can be
> > pinged, but all attempts to find it as a Windows share
> fail, either by
> > server name (\\[Name]) or by IP address (\\[IP#]).
> >
> > I've experimented with setting the Samba server as a WINS
> server, and
> > pointing the Win98 clients to the WINS server, but it still
> can't see any
> > shares.
> >
> > Anyone got any clues on this?
> >
> > My "smb.conf" text dump follows.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mark
> >
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