Samba Name Resolution
Hi,
I have Samba set up, I can access shares between linux and vista. There are some problems I am encoutering with name resolution. From Vista, I have to connect to the shares using IP address only, I also cannot ping the linux box. From Linux I CAN connect to the vista shares by using the computername, but I cannot ping the computername. Can anyone suggest what might be wrong and how to resolve this. Both machines are set up as WORKGROUP. Do I need to enable samba as WINS server? I have tried both. If you need any more information let me know. |
Try your luck here,
Edit /etc/hosts x.x.x.x(IP) domainname linux x.x.x.x(IP) domainname Vista /etc/init.d/network restart In vista, do to the start=>run=>Drivers(enter)... edit hosts file.. x.x.x.x(IP) domainname linux x.x.x.x(IP) domainname Vista svae it.Now try. Further i think , it seem yo be an firewall block on either or single side. |
Hi shogun90,
The last post will do the trick but you will have your ip's fixed. nevertheless try the following. Make sure you have in smb.conf the following lines: netbios name = the_name_you_want_to_access_from_you_windows_machine wins support = yes (activate this ONLY if you have no other windows server running this service) on the windows side check th following: in your nic configuration-> tcp/ip version 4-> advanced-> wins-> ENABLE NetBios over TCP/IP |
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