> -----Original Message-----
> From: Les Mikesell [mailto:lesmikes...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 11:13 AM
> To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Communicating with a windows laptop on my
> workgroup
>
> On 3/22/2010 9:42 AM, David Williams wrote:
> >
> > However, there are still issues. When I try and perform a backup of
> > laptop1 from within the web interface I get the following message:
> >
> > *Error: Can't find IP address for laptop1*
> >
> > * *
> >
> > *laptop1 is a DHCP host, and I don't know its IP address. I checked
> the
> > netbios name of 192.168.15.155, and found that that machine is not
> laptop1.*
> >
> > * *
> >
> > *Until I see laptop1 at a particular DHCP address, you can only start
> > this request from the client machine itself.*
> >
> > The strange thing is, I was on the client machine at the time and
> trying
> > to back it up manually from the web interface!
>
> What does 'nmblookup -A 192.168.15.155' say (assuming you are still at
> the same IP)? It's going to use this to see if you are connecting from
> the host in question.
Will have to check that out when I am back home and connected to my network.
>
> > I also updated the config file for laptop1 such that
> > NmbLookupFindHostCmd is set to:
> >
> > *$nmbLookupPath -R -U 192.168.15.2 $host*
>
> You probably want to configure the WINS server in smb.conf so it is the
> default and will be used in all operations without having to specify it
> in the command line. You should also set $Conf{DHCPAddressRanges} in
> backuppc so it will know where to probe for dhcp-assigned addresses.
Thanks, I'll look into that.
>
> --
> Les Mikesell
> lesmikes...@gmail.com
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