samba - Sep 2014 - Help setting up Samba for the first time Novice user

Hello,

I'm trying to setup Samba. The goal is to have my tow Linux PC's and my 
two Windows PC's connected together on  a LAN. My setup is as follows:

     Router as LAN hub and Internet access,
     Windows 8.1 PC,
     Windows 7 PC,
     Ubuntu 12.04 LTS PC,
     Ubuntu 14.04 LTS PC.

I have installed Sanba 3.6.3 on the 12.04 PC and 4.1.11 on the 14.04. 
Configured the smb.cof on both Linux PC's.
  Have made up the "Shares" and added the users. Shares are in the
home
directory on each PC. User is also the same on each PC. Run testparm on 
both, no problems reported. Some times I see the smbserver when I goto 
the network using Nautalis. I cannot access the Linux PC's.Sometimes I 
see "Failed to retrieve share list from server. I can get to the windows 
PC but not the two Linux PC's. I can ping them however. Searched the net 
and could not find a resolution. Now frustrated and totally confused. 
How can I get this up and running.

Thanks,
Marty

On 04/09/14 00:30, Marty wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to setup Samba. The goal is to have my tow Linux PC's
and
> my two Windows PC's connected together on  a LAN. My setup is as
follows:
>
>     Router as LAN hub and Internet access,
>     Windows 8.1 PC,
>     Windows 7 PC,
>     Ubuntu 12.04 LTS PC,
>     Ubuntu 14.04 LTS PC.
>
> I have installed Sanba 3.6.3 on the 12.04 PC and 4.1.11 on the 14.04. 
> Configured the smb.cof on both Linux PC's.
>  Have made up the "Shares" and added the users. Shares are in the
home
> directory on each PC. User is also the same on each PC. Run testparm 
> on both, no problems reported. Some times I see the smbserver when I 
> goto the network using Nautalis. I cannot access the Linux 
> PC's.Sometimes I see "Failed to retrieve share list from server. I
can
> get to the windows PC but not the two Linux PC's. I can ping them 
> however. Searched the net and could not find a resolution. Now 
> frustrated and totally confused. How can I get this up and running.
>
> Thanks,
> Marty
Hi, how have you set up the samba machines? could you post your smb.conf's.

Rowland