Re: Mounting cifs

2011-05-27 Thread JD
On 05/27/11 16:59, Tim wrote: > Their all-in-one service is, most likely, aimed at the average computer > illiterate person who has one or two computers, doesn't really do > anything special with them, is used to general Windows crappiness, and > will also put up with the same crappiness in other g

Re: Mounting cifs

2011-05-27 Thread Tim
On Fri, 2011-05-27 at 08:19 -0700, JD wrote: > Obviously you have not used at&t uverse service :) No... Wrong country > Without THEIR modem nothing works. Uverse is a > package: TV, Internet, Phone services. Decryption > of the TV signal occurs in the modem, and is then > sent out the same cable

Re: Mounting cifs

2011-05-27 Thread JD
On 05/27/11 05:03, Tim wrote: > If, and I mean if, being zapped was the cause, then that could well be > the nature of the fault. Damage to components that allow a charge to > build up that causes stuff ups. > > Faulty equipment can behave in weird ways. I've been servicing > electronics equipmen

Re: Mounting cifs

2011-05-27 Thread Tim
Tim: >> Doesn't meant it hasn't been zapped from another route (static inside >> the house, hotplugging equipment, poor anti-static precautions when the >> unit was built), or has simply failed. JD: > But how can you explain that a power reset (without letting > it cool down), makes all three mach

Re: Mounting cifs

2011-05-26 Thread JD
On 05/26/11 12:23, Rich wrote: > On 5/26/2011 10:38 AM, JD wrote: >> On 05/26/11 06:46, Rich wrote: >>> Just a shot in the dark, but do you have multiple dhcp daemons running >>> on the network. Your router probably has one running. I could buy that >>> multiple dhcp daemons might cause something

Re: Mounting cifs

2011-05-26 Thread Rich
On 5/26/2011 10:38 AM, JD wrote: > On 05/26/11 06:46, Rich wrote: >> Just a shot in the dark, but do you have multiple dhcp daemons running >> on the network. Your router probably has one running. I could buy that >> multiple dhcp daemons might cause something like what you describe. > > $ ps -e

Re: Mounting cifs

2011-05-26 Thread JD
On 05/26/11 07:18, Tim wrote: > Tim: >>> I've had two modem routers go bad, I suspect they've been zapped up >>> the phone line during thunderstorms. > JD: >> This thing connects to the coax cable in the wall. The at&t >> uverse system is on fiber-optic cable until it gets to the curb >> by the dev

Re: Mounting cifs

2011-05-26 Thread JD
On 05/26/11 06:46, Rich wrote: > Just a shot in the dark, but do you have multiple dhcp daemons running > on the network. Your router probably has one running. I could buy that > multiple dhcp daemons might cause something like what you describe. $ ps -ef | grep dhcp jd 12817 5530 0 07:3

Re: Mounting cifs

2011-05-26 Thread Tim
Tim: >> I've had two modem routers go bad, I suspect they've been zapped up >> the phone line during thunderstorms. JD: > This thing connects to the coax cable in the wall. The at&t > uverse system is on fiber-optic cable until it gets to the curb > by the development. From there it is on buried c

Re: Mounting cifs

2011-05-26 Thread Rich
Just a shot in the dark, but do you have multiple dhcp daemons running on the network. Your router probably has one running. I could buy that multiple dhcp daemons might cause something like what you describe. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.901

Re: Mounting cifs

2011-05-25 Thread JD
On 05/25/11 21:09, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 05/25/2011 08:37 PM, JD wrote: >> I wish I could do that - but the owner is not I :) > Understood. Please note that I didn't suggest drilling any holes or > anything like that. My sister and I share a house; I'd like to do some > drilling to shorten cable-r

Re: Mounting cifs

2011-05-25 Thread Joe Zeff
On 05/25/2011 08:37 PM, JD wrote: > I wish I could do that - but the owner is not I :) Understood. Please note that I didn't suggest drilling any holes or anything like that. My sister and I share a house; I'd like to do some drilling to shorten cable-runs but the house is in her name and she

Re: Mounting cifs

2011-05-25 Thread JD
On 05/25/11 20:22, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 05/25/2011 08:11 PM, JD wrote: >> If our house were wired for cat5 or cat6 in every room, >> I would agree. Since that is not the case, 2 machines have >> to be wireless, except for win7, which is a desktop and on >> that desk is the router. > It's not exact

Re: Mounting cifs

2011-05-25 Thread Joe Zeff
On 05/25/2011 08:11 PM, JD wrote: > If our house were wired for cat5 or cat6 in every room, > I would agree. Since that is not the case, 2 machines have > to be wireless, except for win7, which is a desktop and on > that desk is the router. It's not exactly hard to run the cable along the walls,

Re: Mounting cifs

2011-05-25 Thread JD
On 05/25/11 18:46, Tim wrote: > On Wed, 2011-05-25 at 13:50 -0700, JD wrote: >> My only conclusion is that someone at at&t or >> a nearby is/are hacking our router, or the router's >> firmware is buggy. >> But I have never seen a bug like this that waits >> 20 to 30 minutes before striking :) > Or

Re: Mounting cifs

2011-05-25 Thread Tim
On Wed, 2011-05-25 at 13:50 -0700, JD wrote: > My only conclusion is that someone at at&t or > a nearby is/are hacking our router, or the router's > firmware is buggy. > But I have never seen a bug like this that waits > 20 to 30 minutes before striking :) Or it's failing... Does it, or its powe

Re: Mounting cifs

2011-05-25 Thread JD
On 05/24/11 22:07, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > Have you tried the ping tests after turning off your fedora firewall > (iptables)? Are they any better or do they still fail? > What about turning off your XP firewall, just to test the pinging? > I finally zeroed in on the culprit. It is neither fedor

Re: Mounting cifs

2011-05-24 Thread JD
On 05/24/11 22:07, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > > You didn't explicitly list them. Can I assume that they are: > > win7 192.168.1.1 > fedora192.168.1.2 > xp1 192.168.1.3 > router192.168.1.254 fedora 192.168.1.108 > ? > > Are these all DCHP assigned from the router? or static? > I

Re: Mounting cifs

2011-05-24 Thread Kevin J. Cummings
On 05/24/2011 10:19 PM, JD wrote: > On 05/24/11 18:45, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: >> Does "xp1" have an IP address? >> >> If yes, does Fedora know about it? > xp1 and win7 are both listed in /etc/hosts. > So yes, they have IP addresses :) :) You didn't explicitly list them. Can I assume that they

Re: Mounting cifs

2011-05-24 Thread JD
On 05/24/11 18:45, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > On 05/24/2011 06:57 PM, JD wrote: >> I have been trying to mount on fedora a shared C drive >> from a windows machine running winxp. >> >> Well, I used the mount command: >> >> # mount -t cifs //xp1/c -o >> user=jd,password=mypassword,uid=myuid,gid=mygi

Re: Mounting cifs

2011-05-24 Thread Kevin J. Cummings
On 05/24/2011 06:57 PM, JD wrote: > I have been trying to mount on fedora a shared C drive > from a windows machine running winxp. > > Well, I used the mount command: > > # mount -t cifs //xp1/c -o > user=jd,password=mypassword,uid=myuid,gid=mygid,rw /mnt/xp1/c > > Unable to find suitable addre

Mounting cifs

2011-05-24 Thread JD
I have been trying to mount on fedora a shared C drive from a windows machine running winxp. Well, I used the mount command: # mount -t cifs //xp1/c -o user=jd,password=mypassword,uid=myuid,gid=mygid,rw /mnt/xp1/c Unable to find suitable address. I checked the firewall setting on the xp machi