Hi: Is it possible to use samba and dhcp at the same time? I have a linux box that shares its dsl connection with a windows 2000 pro box through dhcp, so the w2k box gets automatically an ip address from the linux box. I can't get samba to work so far, the w2k box says that linux box does not have an available network connection or something like that. It worked before, when it had a fixed ip address. Any comments or suggestions are welcome. Thanks in advance.
> Hi:> Is it possible to use samba and dhcp at the same time? I have a linux > box that shares its dsl connection with a windows 2000 pro box through > dhcp, so the w2k box gets automatically an ip address from the linux > box. I can't get samba to work so far, the w2k box says that linux box > does not have an available network connection or something like that. > It worked before, when it had a fixed ip address. Any comments or > suggestions are welcome. Thanks in advance.Sure it does work, dhcp or static IP Address does not matter to the function. But there is no need to use Samba to share a Internet connection. The Linux-System just works as a router and sends the IP-Packages to the next (external) router to resolve the Host-Names. It seems you have a network problem. First check if TCP/IP is working ok, (ping 127.0.0.1) then check if Samba is installed ok and works as it should. See the commands in the Samba man pages. Hope this helps. Best regards, Roland -- linux@net-service-24.de
Hi Everybody: My question is, can Samba be used with DHCP? I have a Linux box that shares its DSL connection with a Windows 2000 Pro box. Samba came pre-installed in Linux and I set it up once and it worked. I gave a static address to the W2K box, synchronized password, enabled encrypted passwords and made it (W2K) part of the COSMICGRP workgroup - which I defined in samba's configuration file. I log in as root on both boxes. It worked. Now, because I wanted to share internet connection through DHCP in Linux it doesn't work anylonger and I do not understand all the innards of Samba as to pin-point the exact issue. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Best Regards, Sarina PS. I have the samba version that comes with Mandrake Linux 8.1