Connecting to a Campus Server

Neko_D · 10-18-2006, 11:32 PM

Ok so at my school, probably like most other schools, I can connect to some kind of student server. Now I just cannot figure out how to do this through linux. I know that on my windows machine all I had to do was click Start -> Run -> \\labserver and windows would take me there. And there is some other way on Macs as well. I just cannot figure out how to do it on my Fedora 5 machine. Any suggestions?

labhesh_popli · 10-19-2006, 12:45 AM

firstly,
try out this command
ping <ip_address> :- dis wud tel u weder ur really connected to the pc whose ip add u r entering.
den...
probably u need to tell us frst wat exactly u want to do after connectin..if u just wanna access the shared files or ne file..use "telnet" command or thry "ftp"... in the terminal window...

explain the detaiols of ur problem

regards,
Labhesh.

Galaxy_Stranger · 10-19-2006, 01:22 AM

Your Linux machine needs to be running SAMBA to connect to a windows network in that fashion - I'm assuming you're wanting to browse through files they have made available on the network.

Plus, even if you can't ping it, doesn't mean you can't connect to it - most of the school networks I've been at fix it so they can't be pinged.

If you're connecting via ftp or http or telnet, you need to find out. You should probably already have ftp and telnet clients installed and ready to go.

Neko_D · 10-19-2006, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Galaxy_Stranger

Your Linux machine needs to be running SAMBA to connect to a windows network in that fashion - I'm assuming you're wanting to browse through files they have made available on the network.

Plus, even if you can't ping it, doesn't mean you can't connect to it - most of the school networks I've been at fix it so they can't be pinged.

If you're connecting via ftp or http or telnet, you need to find out. You should probably already have ftp and telnet clients installed and ready to go.

Ahh Samaba, I was wondering what that was for, umm how exactly do I get samaba to conncet though? Cause I am only seeing stuff to set up connections to my machine.

jschiwal · 10-19-2006, 08:20 PM

First your network interface needs to be on the same subnet as the server you want to connect to. Does the network use DHCP? Are you talking about a wired or wireless network? For a wireless network, you may need to setup authentication as well.

There are 3 services that samba uses: smbd, nmbd and winbindd. If the \\labserver is a domain member, you may need to ask to have your computer added to the domain before you can access any shares. It sounds like the server may use simple file sharing, and offer a DHCP service. Installing samba, activating the services so they start when you boot, and accessing the \\labserver server in the network browser, or konqueror file manager may be all you need to do.

There is a samba program you can use to list services:
smbclient -L labserver

Neko_D · 10-26-2006, 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jschiwal

First your network interface needs to be on the same subnet as the server you want to connect to. Does the network use DHCP? Are you talking about a wired or wireless network? For a wireless network, you may need to setup authentication as well.

There are 3 services that samba uses: smbd, nmbd and winbindd. If the \\labserver is a domain member, you may need to ask to have your computer added to the domain before you can access any shares. It sounds like the server may use simple file sharing, and offer a DHCP service. Installing samba, activating the services so they start when you boot, and accessing the \\labserver server in the network browser, or konqueror file manager may be all you need to do.

There is a samba program you can use to list services:
smbclient -L labserver

Ahhh ok yes the labserver is on a local domain.

I am using DHCP on wireless right now. Is there a way that I can manually add myself to the domain? I have some administrative privilages.