Cannot access shared XP files from my SuSE machine

Hallowedpoint · 01-05-2006, 08:10 PM

I have 3 computers on my home network: One running SuSE 10.0, a laptop running Windows XP Home Edition, and another desktop running XP Professional. I have configured my SMB shares and can access all my shared files from both XP computers, but when I try to browse their shared files, I get the error message "Could not connect to host for smb://computer name/" for both the laptop and the desktop. I figure the problem might be with the Windows machines, but am not sure. Can anyone help? Thanks!

carl0ski · 01-06-2006, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Hallowedpoint

I have 3 computers on my home network: One running SuSE 10.0, a laptop running Windows XP Home Edition, and another desktop running XP Professional. I have configured my SMB shares and can access all my shared files from both XP computers, but when I try to browse their shared files, I get the error message "Could not connect to host for smb://computer name/" for both the laptop and the desktop. I figure the problem might be with the Windows machines, but am not sure. Can anyone help? Thanks!

i cant really say how to fix it

but i have had the problem from time to time

smb://10.0.0.5/

use the ip address instead of computer name