Hi, I've been trying unsuccessfully over the past couple of days to get my windows machines to recognize my linux box. I've been working through the troubleshooting guides I can't get the query of the client machine to work using the broadcast address:
I have the following 3 machine network: lifebook SUSE 192.168.1.100 renegade WXP 192.168.1.101 maverick W2K 192.168.1.105 lifebook:/var/log/samba # nmblookup -B 192.168.1.255 -d10 renegade Initialising global parameters params.c:pm_process() - Processing configuration file "/etc/samba/smb.conf" Processing section "[global]" doing parameter netbios name = LIFEBOOK handle_netbios_name: set global_myname to: LIFEBOOK doing parameter workgroup = @HOME doing parameter server string = Samba %v on host %h, NetBIOS %L doing parameter encrypt passwords = Yes doing parameter guest account = smbguest doing parameter security = share doing parameter log file = /var/log/samba/samba-log.%m doing parameter socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_RCVBUF=8182 SO_SNDBUF=8192 doing parameter wins support = yes doing parameter os level = 33 doing parameter domain master = yes doing parameter preferred master = yes doing parameter log level = 3 pm_process() returned Yes lp_servicenumber: couldn't find homes set_server_role: ROLE_STANDALONE added interface ip=192.168.1.100 bcast=192.168.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 bind succeeded on port 0 socket option SO_KEEPALIVE = 0 socket option SO_REUSEADDR = 1 socket option SO_BROADCAST = 1 Could not test socket option TCP_NODELAY. socket option IPTOS_LOWDELAY = 0 socket option IPTOS_THROUGHPUT = 0 socket option SO_SNDBUF = 65535 socket option SO_RCVBUF = 65535 socket option SO_SNDLOWAT = 1 socket option SO_RCVLOWAT = 1 socket option SO_SNDTIMEO = 0 socket option SO_RCVTIMEO = 0 Socket opened. querying renegade on 192.168.1.255 Sending a packet of len 50 to (192.168.1.255) on port 137 Sending a packet of len 50 to (192.168.1.255) on port 137 Sending a packet of len 50 to (192.168.1.255) on port 137 name_query failed to find name renegade lifebook:/var/log/samba # I believe the broadcast address of the windows machines are also 192.168.1.255, but how do I confirm this? A ping on the broadcast address only hits the linux machine and the Linksys switch: lifebook:/var/log/samba # ping -b 192.168.1.255 WARNING: pinging broadcast address PING 192.168.1.255 (192.168.1.255) from 192.168.1.100 : 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.1.100: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.090 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=150 time=0.665 ms (DUP!) 64 bytes from 192.168.1.100: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.080 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=150 time=0.635 ms (DUP!) Shouldn't the ping also be hitting the windows machines? Windows IP Config: C:\Documents and Settings\Brian Leonard>ipconfig /all Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Renegade Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : attbi.com Description . . . . . . . . . . . : DAVICOM 9102/A PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-03-B3-01-2E-8B Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : No IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.101 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 204.127.202.4 216.148.227.68 204.127.202.4 Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, July 30, 2004 1:01:40 AM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, July 31, 2004 1:01:40 AM Thanks for your assistance, Brian -- Brian Leonard Java Enterprise System Sun Microsystems, Inc. http://java.sun.com 408.404.6884 x68134 (Internal) P.S. Please consider donating to a worthy cause and help me fight blood related cancers with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Check out http://www.active.com/donate/tntct/kristiandbrian for more details. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba