samba - Dec 2000 - configuration problem

Hi All:

	I'm worse than a newbie at this so if this seems a bit dumb please accept 
my appologies.

	I've gone to us1.samba.org/samba/docs/DIAGNOSIS.htm and run all of the 
tests. My installation appears to pass all of them except for this one:
		nmblookup -B ABNER

	Yes, Abner is all in uppercase on both the windoz box and the Linux box. 
All of the other tests appear fine.

	The above appears to manifest itself in slow transfer speeds when 
transfering files to the Linux box from the Windows box when the command is 
given on the Linux box. The same transfer when the command is initiated on 
the Windows box proceeds at full speed. I'm routinely moving 20,000+ files 
back and forth across the network so this is a vital function.

	Any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong?

	Thanks for the help.

	Ron Woodall
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Ron,

On Fri, 08 Dec 2000 09:55:20 -0500, Ron Woodall wrote:
>	I've gone to us1.samba.org/samba/docs/DIAGNOSIS.htm and run all 
>of the tests. My installation appears to pass all of them except for 
>this one:
>		nmblookup -B ABNER
You will never see something useful coming out of this one.

-B means "a broadcast address follows". From the man page for 
nmblookup you can see there has to follow another name: the name you 
are looking for. If nmblookup does not come up with an usage 
explanation, its argument evaluation algorithm is simply broken.

Well, what you told nmblookup is to look for nothing at the broadcast 
address ABNER (translated to an IP address). Try

    nmblookup -B ABNER '*'
>	The above appears to manifest itself in slow transfer speeds 
>when transfering files to the Linux box from the Windows box when the 
>command is given on the Linux box.
How do you do that? Which command?

nmblookup is only for name resolution. If you can transfer _anything_, 
all needed names are already resolved, so I guess there is something 
else in your way.

Regards,
        Robert


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I recently installed samba on my linx box. When I click on the network
neighborhood it shows up but when I click to access it it gives me

\\kelboh is not accessible

The computer sharename could not be found. Makes sure you typed it correctly
and try again.

Your help would be appreciated.

Thank you in advance for your advice.

Ryan fauscette