Anyone got any ideas as to why this isn't working and the web interface complains?
___________________________________________________________ Dave Williams Check out our WebOS mobile phone app for the Palm Pre and Pixi: Golf Caddie | Golf Caddie Forum by DTW-Consulting, Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: David Williams [mailto:dwilli...@dtw-consulting.com] > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 8:18 PM > To: 'General list for user discussion, questions and support' > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Communicating with a windows laptop on my > workgroup > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David Williams [mailto:dwilli...@dtw-consulting.com] > > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 8:17 PM > > To: 'Gene Cooper' > > Subject: RE: [BackupPC-users] Communicating with a windows laptop on > my > > workgroup > > > > I turned off my firewall to test this out and it didn't make any > > difference at all. > > > > What I don't understand is, if nmblookup -A 192.168.15.155 is working > > from > > the command line (as user backuppc) then why does the web interface > > complain about it? Is there something missing in the reply from > > nmblookup > > -A 192.168.15.155? > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > Dave Williams > > Check out our WebOS mobile phone app for the Palm Pre and Pixi: > > Golf Caddie | Golf Caddie Forum by DTW-Consulting, Inc. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Gene Cooper [mailto:gcoo...@sonoracomm.com] > > > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 5:20 PM > > > To: dwilli...@dtw-consulting.com; General list for user discussion, > > > questions and support > > > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Communicating with a windows laptop > on > > my > > > workgroup > > > > > > 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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Prince Road > > > Tucson, AZ 85705 > > > > > > (520) 407-2000 x101 > > > (520) 888-4060 fax > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > > Version: 9.0.791 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2771 - Release Date: > > > 03/26/10 15:33:00 > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 9.0.791 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2771 - Release Date: > > 03/26/10 15:33:00 > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.791 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2771 - Release Date: > 03/26/10 15:33:00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. 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