[CLUE-Tech] Win95 Client w/ Samba

[David Anselmi]

Randy Arabie wrote:
> Can anyone point me to a Win95 Client configuration guide.  I'm dinking 
> around with a Win95 PC, trying to get it to 'see' my Samba server.  I 
> need to dump a bunch of files off the PC so I can wipe the hard drive 
> before upgrading it to Linux ;)

If you're about to wipe it, is it worth the trouble to fix?

By "see" I assume you mean the samba server shows up in the browse list. 
  Can you open a share on the samba server?  Try it using the machine 
name and also the IP.  It may work even if browsing doesn't.

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> As you can see above, the client [192.168.1.8] is sending the requests
> out over the broadcast address [192.168.1.255], not directly to the 
> samba box.  I have configured the TCP/IP properties on the Win95 box to 
> use WINS, and put the samba box in as the WINS server.  Is that correct?

This is only correct if samba is acting as a WINS server.  Since you are 
using dhcp, it may override the WINS server setting in Windows (but dhcp 
can set the WINS address itself).  The broadcast behavior is also normal 
and can be set (in later Windows) by dhcp.

Are both machines in the same workgroup?

Dave