samba - Dec 2001 - How to set up a simple file server Samba/FreeBSD for Windows environment

Hi,

I am new to this list, as well as to FreeBSD and Samba. Also I
think I just don't know enough about networking, protocols
etc. Anyway, my name is George and I come from The
Netherlands.

I'd like to setup a simple fileserver using FreeBSD 4.3 and
Samba 2.0.8. We have an ethernet network consisting of only
Windows 98, Windows ME and Windows NT 4 Workstation computers.
There is a computer running Windows 98 functioning as gateway
to Internet, and it also functions as DHCP server. The IP
address of this computer is 192.168.0.1. All other computers
in our network receive an IP address from this
gatewaycomputer.

I am able to reach the Internet (ftp and http) from my FreeBSD
pc. Also it does see other computers using the ping command,
and also other computers in the network "see" the FreeBSD pc
using the ping command (it currently has IP address
192.168.0.3 according to ifconfig).

However, whatever I try, I can't get the job done. I don't see
the FreeBSD pc in the network environment. I can't connect to
it (\\myserver). I don't see any shares.

I have set the security setting in smb.conf to "user". I don't
want to do printer sharing or any NT domain stuff (for the
moment), I want to keep things as simple as possible.

Can anyone please help me?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Kind regards,

George