samba and winxp

[slackernewbie]

Hello,
I have a samba server up and running and 1 window box connect and all is well.

I am trying to connect another windows computer through my linksys router and for some reason I can not get that machine to reconize the network.

I added -- host allow 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0
both windows boxes have an IP address of 192.168.1.101 and 192.168.1.102 and my samba server is 192.168.1.100

The .101 machines works the .102 does not.

I have check all the user names and all matches the smbpasswd file on the slax box.

Any suggestions or ideas?

[JR]

are you trying to add them to a domain?

try this on the samba machine & post the result:
nmblookup -A 192.168.1.102

next try this on the windows machine:
nbtstat -A 192.168.1.100

post your smb.conf file

what version of windows is the machine running?
if it is XP, then try disabling the built in firewall and try the above commands again.

JR

[slackernewbie]

I tried pinging the slack .100 and the windoz .101 from the windoz .102 and request time out.

Here what I found...


************************************************** **********
Slackware Box
************************************************** **********
root@dev:~# nmblookup -A 192.168.1.102
Looking up status of 192.168.1.102
PC103103209124 <00> - M <ACTIVE>
MSGROUP <00> - <GROUP> M <ACTIVE>
PC103103209124 <20> - M <ACTIVE>
MSGROUP <1e> - <GROUP> M <ACTIVE>
MSGROUP <1d> - M <ACTIVE>
..__MSBROWSE__. <01> - <GROUP> M <ACTIVE>

MAC Address = 00-0F-B0-0F-CA-99



************************************************** **********
Windoz XP box
command run that I ran
nbtstat -A 192.168.1.100
************************************************** **********
Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.1.102] Scope Id: []
* * * * * *NetBIOS Remote Machine Name Table
* * * *Name * * * * * * * Type * * * * Status
* * ---------------------------------------------
* * DEV * * * * * *<00> *UNIQUE * * *Registered
* * DEV * * * * * *<03> *UNIQUE * * *Registered
* * DEV * * * * * *<20> *UNIQUE * * *Registered
* * ..__MSBROWSE__.<01> *GROUP * * * Registered
* * SLACKWARE_BOX *<00> *GROUP * * * Registered
* * SLACKWARE_BOX *<1D> *UNIQUE * * *Registered
* * SLACKWARE_BOX *<1E> *GROUP * * * Registered
* * MAC Address = 00-00-00-00-00-00

Wireless Network Connection:
Node IpAddress: [0.0.0.0] Scope Id: []
* * Host not found.


smb.conf

# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1)
# Date: 2004/11/25 23:27:50

# Global parameters
[global]
workgroup = slackware_box
server string = Samba Server
log file = /var/log/samba.%m
max log size = 50
hosts allow = 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
read only = No

[netlogon]
comment = Network Logon Service
path = /usr/local/samba/lib/netlogon
guest ok = Yes

[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
printable = Yes
browseable = No

[test]
comment = This is a test system only
path = /usr/local/samba/tmp
read only = No
guest ok = Yes

[dev_modilla]
comment = Slackware Test site
path = /var/www/web
read only = No
guest ok = Yes

[adrenaline]

I am not to sure about your origional post but I think you are saying that you have a windows and samba box then a router and then another windows box and they are all 192.168.blah.blah

If this is the case you can do some tricky stuff in smb.conf to get it to work, but I think you are assuming that since they are all 192.168 that it is all the same network and that is not true. If you have a router that dhcps to to boxes and another router that dhcps even though they both use 192.168 addresses and the subnet masks are 255.255.255.0 they are still on two networks.
take out the second router.

If I took what you said on your original post out of context, disregard this post


Mike

[slackernewbie]

Got it working.

Basically (I think) I turned off the Windoz firewall.
I then commeted out the
# hosts allow = 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0
I connected and all is working now.

I thought I had a handle on Samba and a little home networks. I guess I need to keep reading.
I really think the Windows Security Firewall was the issue.

If anyone has a good tutorial or maybe a smb.conf that they would like to share, I'll study up somemore..

Thanks