samba - Nov 1999 - Troubleshooting help needed

Samba 2.0.3 had been running just fine when the server was running Red Hat
5.2. Last weekend, I upgraded the server to RH 6.1 (a completely new
installation) and samba 2.0.5a was installed at the same time.

  Now I cannot get the win98 machine to see the network. I've checked the
/etc/smb.conf file several times (with local help, too) and it appears OK.
On the win98 side, I've gone over the TCP/IP properties multiple times
without finding the problem.

  So, I ran the diagnostic tests as suggested in the docs. The setup fails
Test #2.

  From the linux side (server name 'salmo'; IP address 192.168.55.1), I
can
ping the win98 side (client name 'buzzard'; IP address 192.168.55.6) by
name
or IP address. However, from the client side, a ping to the name (salmo) or
IP address (192.168.55.1) fails. The machine pings itself. That is, four
packets are transmitted and received to/from machine 192.168.55.6 (the
client, 'buzzard.')

  Test #3 fails, too. Tests #4, 5, and 6 succeed.

  This suggests to me that the problem is on the win98 side, but I've no
idea where.

  I can send /var/log/samba/log.nmb or configuration files if that would
help. After working on this for about four days now, I just cannot find a
solution and I'd greatly appreciate some help.

Thanks,

Rich

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Hi Richard;
a couple of other things to check before you lay it at the door of your Win98 
client:
If you have ANY other machines on the 192.168.55 network, check to see if THEY 
can ping the 
RH 6.1 machine by name or number.  The fact that you can ping the win89 client 
from the RH 6.1 installation shows that you DO have working inbound and 
outbound tcpip functionality to some degree.  The fact that you cannot ping 
from the Win98 client either to name OR ipaddress COULD indicate a problem with 
your ipaddress, subnetmask pair on you RH 6.1 server instead of a problem on 
the pc side...
Just a thought,
Don