Okay, I'm having a heck of a problem getting two laptops and a router all
working together. Trouble is, I have two configurations I need to work. To make
things simple I'll start with one configuration.
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The details of the components are:
***NOTE*** ?The router does NOT have an internet connection!!!
---ROUTER---
Linksys BFESR41 (4 Ports)
Device IP:??192.168.2.1
Subnet Mask:?255.255.255.0
DHCP Enabled
DHCP Range:??192.168.2.10
????192.168.2.30
DNS 1-3:??nothing
WINS???nothing
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---LAPTOP #1---
Toshiba Satellite P100
2.5Ghz 1Mb Ram
Windows XP Pro
Hostname:?SATELLITE
Workgroup:?MAJESTIC
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---LAPTOP #2---
Toshiba Satellite A100
1.5Ghz 512Mb Ram
Debian Lenny
Hostname:?HOSTISP
Workgroup:?SAMBA
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PROBLEM #1: Samba Not working
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I can boot the HOSTISP machine and it gets a valid IP address. I can open zone
alarm on SATELLITE and find the IP for the HOSTISP box. I can also open a
tightVNC window on SATELLITE and access the HOSTISP box.
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The problem is that I can't share files!
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Given enough time, I eventually see the SAMBA workgroup in my windows explorer
and get to the HOSTISP. But usually when I click on the network or search for
HOSTISP, its so slow it crashes windows explorer. I'm quite certain this is
name resolving issue because I don't have these problems with routers with
internet access.
The DHCP Table in the router shows the following:
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?CLIENT HOSTNAME??IP ADDRESS??MAC-ADDRESS
?<blank>????192.168.2.10?00-16-D4-23-6C-C9
?SATELLITE???192.168.2.13?00-13-02-76-FE-4E
Obviously the blank is the HOSTISP but the router isn't getting that. So
this appears to be a name resolving issue. My /etc/resolv.conf:
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??? nameserver 192.168.2.1
I can smbclient -L //satellite -U account however it is extremely slow to
respond:
Domain=[SATELLITE] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]
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?Sharename?????? Type????? Comment
?---------?????? ----????? -------
?WINDEX????????? Disk
?IPC$??????????? IPC?????? Remote IPC
?OSDRVAPPS?????? Disk
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Domain=[SATELLITE] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]
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?Server?????????????? Comment
?---------??????????? -------
?Workgroup??????????? Master
?---------??????????? -------
I'm guessing that SATELLITE is acting as the WINS server, which isn't
what I want. I've tried booting SATELLITE after HOSTIPS, and even tried
specifying the WINS server as 192.168.2.13 with no luck under:
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?Network
Connections\<connection>\Properties\TCP/IP\Properties\Advanced\WINS
THE BIG ISSUE is that I need to be able to mount //satellite/windex on HOSTISP.
When I try to mount it:
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?mount.cifs //satellite/windex /mntsat --verbose -o user=account ip=192.168.2.13
domain=MAJESTIC nocase
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??? OR
?mount.cifs //satellite/windex /mntsat --verbose -o user=account ip=192.168.2.13
domain=SATELLITE nocase
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I get stiffed!!!
?mount error: could not find target server. TCP name satellite/windex not found
?No ip address specified and hostname not found
So I guess where to look and what to try is what I'm hoping somebody else
knows.
Cheers,
C
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# NSSWITCH.CONF
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# Example configuration of GNU Name Service Switch functionality.
# If you have the `glibc-doc-reference' and `info' packages installed,
try:
# `info libc "Name Service Switch"' for information about this
file.
passwd:???????? compat
group:????????? compat
shadow:???????? compat
# This allows Linux systems to query the WINS server for local name resolution
hosts:????????? files wins dns
networks:?????? files
protocols:????? db files
services:?????? db files
ethers:???????? db files
rpc:??????????? db files
netgroup:?????? nis
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#
SMB.CONF--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
log level = 1
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
lock directory = /var/log/samba
syslog only = no
max log size = 1000
directory mask = 0770
create mask = 0770
wins support = yes
server string = Samba %v on %h
local master = yes
os level = 99
domain master = yes
preferred master = yes
workgroup = SAMBA
dns proxy = no
name resolve order = wins lmhosts host bcast
lanman auth = yes
null passwords = no
security = user
smb passwd file = /home/smbpasswd
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Enter/snew/sUNIX/spassword:* %n/n *Retype/snew/sUNIX/spassword:*
%n/n .
obey pam restrictions = yes
encrypt passwords = yes
socket options = TCP_NODELAY, IPTOS_LOWDELAY, SO_RCVBUF=2920, SO_SNDBUF=2920
strict sync = yes
sync always = yes
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
writeable = yes
[netlogon]
[cdrom]
[LINUX]
comment = Root Group Only
path = /
printable = no
public = no
admin users = account
valid users = account
writeable = yes
case sensitive = no
default case = lower
mangle case = no
preserve case = yes
short preserve case = yes
[WINDEX]
comment = Root Group Only
path = /wdc
printable = no
public = no
admin users = account
valid users = account
writeable = yes
case sensitive = no
default case = lower
mangle case = yes
preserve case = yes
short preserve case = yes
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