[CLUE-Tech] Networking

[David L. Willson]

I hate it when I skip a word.  Find the missing 'will' or 'would' in the
message below!

-----Original Message-----
From: clue-tech-admin at clue.denver.co.us
[mailto:clue-tech-admin at clue.denver.co.us] On Behalf Of David L. Willson
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 1:53 PM
To: clue-tech at clue.denver.co.us
Subject: RE: [CLUE-Tech] Networking

George,
 
Try starting with some of the commmand-line Samba utilities, like smbclient.
My first test would be 'smbclient -L ' with the name of a known server on
your network.  For instance, if the Windows box sharing the files is named
'GENEVA', you would type

smbclient -L geneva

Make very sure you are not running Windows XP with SP2 on the Windows boxes,
or you are going to get nowhere fast.  If you are, write again, and we will
discuss how to disable the XP firewall, and how ~not~ to be an early-adopter
of Windows service-packs.

Let's see where you get with just this much, and let me invite you to bring
your three boxes to Linux Fun-da-mentals on Thursday, where I be happy to
help you get them interoperating.

http://mailman.thegeek.nu/linuxfun

________________________
       David L. Willson
         (720) 333-LANs


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From: clue-tech-admin at clue.denver.co.us
[mailto:clue-tech-admin at clue.denver.co.us] On Behalf Of George Gammel
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 6:28 PM
To: clue-tech at clue.denver.co.us
Subject: [CLUE-Tech] Networking


Hi folks,
 
I am trying to get a local peer to peer network operating between a Linux
box and two Windows boxes.  So far, all I have been able to do is waste time
and get more frustrated.  I have spent several days trying to read How to
and help files. I seem to be able to understand about 5% of what I read, but
can't seem to make any headway in getting this to work.  There is a
"utility" on the K desktop to configure the network, but again most of it
makes no sense to me.  All three machines are set up to automatically get IP
addresses using DCHP.  All three machine have unique computer names and IP
addresses on the local network.  Also, I can ping bewtween all three
machines.  I do have internet access working on all three.  The file sharing
is working bewtween the two Windows machines.  But that seems to be as far
as I can get.  I think Samba is installed on the Linux box, but I doubt that
it is configured correctly and am unsure as to if it is even running.  If
anybody has any ideas how to get this to work, please reply back, keeping in
mind that I am most definately a novice at Linux.
 
Thanks,
 
George Gammel
ggammel1 at yahoo.com


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