I want to share my linux printer with a windows pc.
I've got samba runing and I get this message on /var/log/samba:
"Samba name server ALPC is now a local master browser for workgroup HOME on subnet 192.168.2.139" so all seems to be ok.
The problem is that my router doesn't shows the linux computer name.
What should I do?

Hi, What is your topology? Have you seen this?

http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/...h_windows.html

Good luck.

My topology? It' simple, there are 2 computers, both connected to a wireless router that shares the internet.
But the problem is that when my dual boot linux/win pc uses windows the router shows a name, when uses linux it shows no name.

What does your smb.conf file look like? Do you have the options?
Good luck.

Yes, I have that two lines.
One thing that I noticed. I have the samba service to start at boot but when I see the status, it says it's dead. I start it manualy and it runs ok. Can this be related with the netbios problem?

Yes, could you post your smb.conf? What method are you using to start smbd and nmbd? What distro are you running?
Good luck.

I use "/etc/init.d/smb start" to start samba and I'm using Fedora 5.

Here is my smb.conf:

[global]

# workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name
workgroup = Home
netbios name = alpc
dns proxy = no

# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
server string = Samba Server

# This option is important for security. It allows you to restrict
# connections to machines which are on your local network. The
# following example restricts access to two C class networks and
# the "loopback" interface. For more examples of the syntax see
# the smb.conf man page
; hosts allow = 192.168.1. 192.168.2. 127.

# if you want to automatically load your printer list rather
# than setting them up individually then you'll need this
printcap name = /etc/printcap
load printers = yes

# It should not be necessary to spell out the print system type unless
# yours is non-standard. Currently supported print systems include:
# bsd, sysv, plp, lprng, aix, hpux, qnx
; printing = cups
printing = bsd

# This option tells cups that the data has already been rasterized
cups options = raw

# Uncomment this if you want a guest account, you must add this to /etc/passwd
# otherwise the user "nobody" is used
; guest account = pcguest

# this tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine
# that connects
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
# all log information in one file
# log file = /var/log/samba/log.smbd

# Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb).
max log size = 50

# Security mode. Most people will want user level security. See
# security_level.txt for details.
security = user
*passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*

# Unix users can map to different SMB User names
; username map = /etc/samba/smbusers

# Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration
# on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name
# of the machine that is connecting
; include = /etc/samba/smb.conf.%m

# Most people will find that this option gives better performance.
# See speed.txt and the manual pages for details
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
writable = yes

# NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to
# specifically define each individual printer
[printers]
security = server
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
# Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
guest ok = yes
writable = no
printable = yes
create mode = 0700

# This one is useful for people to share files
;[tmp]
; comment = Temporary file space
; path = /tmp
; read only = no
; public = yes
public = yes

[ljet]
security = server
path = /var/spoll/samba
printer name = lp
writable = yes
public = yes
printable = yes
print command = lpr -r -h -P %p %s

Try these two lines if your using /etc/inet.d.

You may also want to change this.

To this


And/Or change this.

To this

Good luck.