OK, what does your smb.conf file in /etc say?
Civileme
FORNWALL JOSHUA JOHN wrote:
> The IP addresses are 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.13 for the win machines,
> and 192.168.0.6 for the Linux. WINS is off. I think NetBIOS is on (i'm
> not currently where the LAN is set up) There is a gateway defined at
> 192.168.0.1, which is the machine i use to dial into the internet. My
> netmasks are all set at 255.255.255.0
>
> I use a hub, and all the connections are tight. The status lights on the
> HUB indicate the the pings are being transmitted, but there's just no
> response.
>
> On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Civileme
> wrote:
>
> > Hoo boy---
> >
> > Several things could be going on
> >
> > What are the IP addresses, first?
> >
> > On the windows machines right-click network neighborhood and check their
> > properties for protocols. Is WINS on or off? NetBIOS? Is there a gateway
> > defined? Is DNS enabled or disabled? What are the IP addresses assigned?
> > Much more important, what are the netmasks?
> >
> > I had a similar problem where a client had set up several Windows boxes with
> > IP addresses in the range 192.168.1.x, and then set up the linux box at
> > 192.168.2.3...
> > With the netmasks set at 255.255.255.0, the machines believed they were on
> > different networks and would not talk to each other, because the netmask told
> > them differences in the first 24 bits were significant. ICMP ping should work
> > in such a circumstance even so, though.
> >
> > I would assume these were either daisy-chained with RG58U coax or plugged into
> > a hub. If it is a hub, could one of them be plugged into "Uplink"? Is it
> > possible than any of the cables are either a) crossover type, for tying hubs
> > together or b)just plain defective? Also, try removing and reinserting the
> > cables from the linux box--it could be a poor connection (I have seen THAT
> > cause more problems than all other flaws combined)
> >
> > Civileme
> >
> >
> > FORNWALL JOSHUA JOHN wrote:
> >
> > > I've got Linux installed on a 5x86 133 with 12MB of RAM, and a 400MB hard
> > > disk with an Allied Telesis 1500T ethernet card. I have a network
> > > set up with the linux machine, and two
> > > windows machines. The network card in the Linux box is recognized by the
> > > OS, and when I try to ping the other machines, the transmit light flashes,
> > > but it doesn't get any responses from either windows machine. Likewise,
> > > when I ping from the windows machines, they can hear each other fine, but
> > > they don't get a response from the Linux machine. Can anyone help?
> > >
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