I am probably off-base here, but since Windows XP SP2, the Windows Firewall block NETBIOS name resolution.
We use a command like this on each XP workstation: netsh firewall add portopening UDP 137 NBNS enable all to enable name resolution with nmblookup. G David Williams wrote: > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > Dave Williams > > Check out our WebOS mobile phone app for the *Palm Pre* and *Pixi*: > > Golf Caddie <http://www.dtw-consulting.com/GolfCaddie> | Golf Caddie > Forum <http://www.dtw-consulting.com/GolfCaddie/forum> by > DTW-Consulting, Inc. > > > > > -----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. > > > > Ok, now I am back on my network I can check this. Here is the current > results of nmblookup my the backuppc server: > > > > # nmblookup -R -U 192.168.15.2 laptop1 > > querying laptop1 on 192.168.15.2 > > 192.168.15.155 laptop1<00> > > > > # nmblookup -A 192.168.15.155 > > Looking up status of 192.168.15.155 > > LAPTOP1 <00> - P <ACTIVE> > > DTWCONS <00> - <GROUP> P <ACTIVE> > > LAPTOP1 <20> - P <ACTIVE> > > > > MAC Address = 00-21-6A-93-63-0C > > > > So, not sure what all that means, but if I try and perform a backup of > laptop1 from laptop1 by using the web interface I still 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. > > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > -- > > > Les Mikesell > > > lesmikes...@gmail.com > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ------- > > > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > > > Try the new software tools for yourself. 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