Hi all sorry for post question like this, i know this question had been asked many times but i had try many ways but it fails .
My new pc linux samba not detected on microsoft window network and also
can't be ping by hostname by windows pc client but if i use ip address
it want's.
I've try to add netbios name = tower1
on smb.conf and also add wins support = Yes
it can't too, and if i add ip address linux with the hostname
to file host on pc windows client it can but the problem is in my network
there is still users using win98 when i edited the host file it's not effect anything. I'm not yet to install dns server(some of my friends told
me i must install dns server) which make me weird is on old pc linux samba
not configured anything just use standard configuration but it can work actually i don't join the configuration cause that is old server.
Sorry for this post and need advice please.

Thank's a lot.

If you can ping a host via IP address, but not with host name, that suggests your 'hosts' file on various systems do not match IP address on the real machines.

Are you running DHCP? Running servers on a network with changing IP addresses is difficult at best. There are two ways to improve this situation.

Go to static IP addresses, and update the 'hosts' files on all systems you need to communicate.

The second way, is to go into to your DHCP server, and set it up so a specific MAC address is always assigned the same IP address. MAC addresses are fixed at manufacturing time ( you can override a hardware MAC address by some OS's ) but once set, this is usually not changed. So the effect is you always know the IP address of a specific machine. This is the more difficult way to set things up, since you need access to the DHCP server, and it needs the ability to assign specific IP's to MAC addresses.

Hi Camorri thanks for your reply, in my network i use dhcp static server using Mikrotik and
on Mikrotik i've add the mac address of the new linux samba and on Mikrotik it detected very well but why on all client Windows PC it not detected on windows network connection if we open the my network places - Entire Network - , the linux samba pc not shown.
Need advise please.

Thanks a lot

This should help. Have you added the samba server to the windows configuration on each windows system? Been a while since I went looking for where exactly to put it, I know it is there. If you can not find it, I have an XP system, and a Win98 system to look at.

Have you got a firewall running on any, or all of your systems? Some Linux distros start one by default. You may have ports blocked.

Are all systems in the same workgroup?

All System are in one group "FILESERVER" i've set to that.
But i'm not added samba server to each windows configuration, can you tell me how to do that,
cause i think if on each windows system had been setting with the name Workgroup(My computer -
Properties - Computer Name- Change)same as the Linux samba it will be Okay, correct me if i'm
wrong.

Thank's a lot and need advise please.

Open up the TCP/IP configuration. There is an Advanced button, click it. There should be four tabs on the screen, one is the Wins tab. Click it, add the IP address of the Smaba server.

It is similar on other windoze versions.

If that doesn't help, the firewall is the next best bet...

I ran into a problem like this once with an XP box. Installing NetBUEI on the Windows box fixed it.

Hi all thanks for your replies, just now i had setting the wins tab on tcp ip configuration
and added the ip samba server but nothing happen and now i can't got in on windows network connection Fileserver the error is:
"Fileserver is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource.
Contact the Administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions.
the server is not configured for transactions"
When i use new samba server the old samba server i've turn off and plug out the network cable,
is there any relations about that ?
And for now i will try Netbeui, need advise please, sorry for disturbing all your time.

thanks a lot.

Hi all, sorry just now i've found the problem, the problem is on samba setting on yast
i use suse 10.2 and on samba server - identity - netbios hostname must empty so i just delete
the content on netbios hostname and it success.
I don't know why the netbios hostname on samba server with yast must empty cause the content on
that is true using the real hostname "tower1" ???
Maybe anyone know the reason, please tell me.
Thanks a lot for all your help and sorry for this dumb question.


regards,
b-RAM

Sorry, can not help you understand the effect of the Netbui name. I have never used one. It sounds like things are working now, Is that correct?

Yes, Camorri thank you for your help and your kind attention. ^^


regards,
b-RAM