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