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02-01-2005, 09:07 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Stafford, VA
Distribution: Fedora
Posts: 5
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cannot connect a Windows and Linux machine
I am having trouble getting my Linux and my Windows computers to communicate with one another. I am using the Fedora distro, and Windows XP SP2. Both machines can access the internet through my Linksys router, but neither can speak to each other. I attempted to set up a Samba server, at which time the Windows machine could see the server, but not access it. please tell me what I'm doing wrong!
-Steven
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02-01-2005, 09:12 PM
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Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Clackamas, Oregon, US
Distribution: Slackware 10.2
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When you say not access, do you mean by using Network Neighborhood ? Or not even able to ping the ip at all?
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02-01-2005, 09:14 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Stafford, VA
Distribution: Fedora
Posts: 5
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they won't ping each other, but I can see the server in network neighborhood, but it won't connect
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02-01-2005, 09:25 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2003
Location: Seymour, Indiana
Distribution: Distribution: RHEL 5 with Pieces of this and that.
Kernel 2.6.23.1, KDE 3.5.8 and KDE 4.0 beta, Plu
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Last edited by Brian1; 02-02-2005 at 05:43 PM.
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02-01-2005, 09:38 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Stafford, VA
Distribution: Fedora
Posts: 5
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data removed for security issues, the issue has been partially resolved
Last edited by biscayne07; 02-01-2005 at 09:48 PM.
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02-01-2005, 09:47 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Stafford, VA
Distribution: Fedora
Posts: 5
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Ok, update
I fiddled around with some of the setting using the Samba configuration tool, and I got the two systems on the same workgroup. They ping each other, and I can see the Samba server, but I can't access it. What's wrong now?
EDIT-it tells me that "\\localhost in not accessible" and something about a duplicate server existing on the network, yet no other service exists on the network, unless... Oh! the router is called localhost! one sec, will update as soon as I resolve this issue.
Last edited by biscayne07; 02-01-2005 at 09:55 PM.
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02-01-2005, 10:06 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2003
Location: Seymour, Indiana
Distribution: Distribution: RHEL 5 with Pieces of this and that.
Kernel 2.6.23.1, KDE 3.5.8 and KDE 4.0 beta, Plu
Posts: 5,700
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Last edited by Brian1; 02-02-2005 at 05:44 PM.
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02-01-2005, 10:12 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2003
Location: Seymour, Indiana
Distribution: Distribution: RHEL 5 with Pieces of this and that.
Kernel 2.6.23.1, KDE 3.5.8 and KDE 4.0 beta, Plu
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Last edited by Brian1; 02-02-2005 at 05:44 PM.
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02-01-2005, 10:28 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2003
Location: Seymour, Indiana
Distribution: Distribution: RHEL 5 with Pieces of this and that.
Kernel 2.6.23.1, KDE 3.5.8 and KDE 4.0 beta, Plu
Posts: 5,700
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Last edited by Brian1; 02-02-2005 at 05:45 PM.
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02-02-2005, 07:14 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2005
Distribution: Fedora, SuSE and mostly Windows
Posts: 6
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Make sure your firewall and the firewall at the host computer aren't blocking the connection.
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02-02-2005, 05:17 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Stafford, VA
Distribution: Fedora
Posts: 5
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Quote:
Originally posted by elreteipos
Make sure your firewall and the firewall at the host computer aren't blocking the connection.
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The Firewall on the Linux machine was blocking the connection, it works now. Thank you. |
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