[CLUE-Tech] Win95 Client w/ Samba

[Randy Arabie]

On Sunday, 15 December 2002 at 13:24:04 -0700, David Anselmi <anselmi at americanisp.net> wrote:
> 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?
 
Yes, if you mean "Is the data worth saving?"  No, if you mean "Is it 
worth fixing samaba access to get the data transferred?"

I used PuTTY's sftp client to copy it over.

> 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.
> 
> [...]
> 
> >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?

They are, I'm not sure what the problem was/is.  I've tacked it on to my 
list of "little thingies" to work on...

Thanks.
-- 
Allons Rouler!
        
Randy
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