Samba question
 

I do \\192.168.2.255 and I get the error

"Windows cannot find 192.168.2.255. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again.

I try \\192.168.2.100 but Windows cannot find anything....

can anyone help me?

that's not really a linux question.

ping 192.168.2.255

and see if the winbox can see it.

also try 192.168.2.100

check windows help command reference for ping functionality as far as pinging broadcast addresses.

hey it's linux related...that's linux problem enough for me

The pings time out

uh anyone else able to help?

if windows cannot ping either address, it means you need to redo the network, verify linux ip, verify networking is up and running, try to ping the winbox from linux, check for firewall settings on either side, check the cables.. and if it doesn't work, post the results of each thing you've tried..

192.168.2.255 in this scenario is more than likely not a valid host IP. If your netmask is 255.255.255.0 then either you are pinging the wrong IP or the IP you set on the Linux box is invalid...

alright then..you're most likely right..so how do I fix it?

ifconfig eth0 inet 192.168.2.10

and then try to ping it from the windows box...just make sure that 192.168.1.10 is not already taken

Did you setup a firewall on that interface?

Maybe it's blocking all traffic.

yeah I think it might be a firewall..how do I fix that too?

when I type in that command it says unknown host.

man ifconfig

ifconfig eth0 (ip)
the .255 means broadcast, it should ping every address from x.x.x.0 to x.x.x.254


when you type the ifconfig command i'm assuming?..
try it without the inet part, and see what happens, if it doesn't error, send the output of
ifconfig

when it doesn't error I get a list of ips

There probably should not be a firewall on your internal interface unless you don't trust someone on the inside. However if it's the interface on the internet you should not be opening those ports to it either.

[david@zeus david]$ cat /etc/services |grep netbios
netbios-ns 137/tcp # NETBIOS Name Service
netbios-ns 137/udp
netbios-dgm 138/tcp # NETBIOS Datagram Service
netbios-dgm 138/udp
netbios-ssn 139/tcp # NETBIOS session service
netbios-ssn 139/udp

[david@zeus david]$ cat /etc/services |grep microsoft
microsoft-ds 445/tcp
microsoft-ds 445/udp


[david@zeus david]$ cat /etc/services |grep printer
printer 515/tcp spooler # line printer spooler
printer 515/udp spooler # line printer spooler