I have samba server on both the linux boxes and it works fine to access the w2k box. The problem is somewhere else...I think. If the linux firewalls are on, there's no indication that any of the machines even bother to probe for the protected machine, but when the firewalls are off, a Lineighborhood or Windoze Networking will spend 10-15 seconds apparently probing for the hidden machine.
As I mentioned, I can't ping the linux boxes even with the firewalls turned off. AFAIK, you don't need samba or windows to ping a legitimate TCP/IP address. I don't bother to ping by machine name because I don't have a local DNS server and I never bothered/needed to make an entry in /etc/hosts Still baffled... Paul On Sunday 26 June 2005 12:20 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Paul Kaplan wrote: > > My home network has three boxes, two linux laptops, one of which is a > > work machine and a W2K desktop. > > The W2K box is visible on the network and I can move files from either of > > the laptops to and from it. Neither of the laptops is visible (one > > mdk10.1, one LE2005), even if I turn off the firewalls on each...I can't > > even ping the machines. > > Any thoughts? > > TIA > > Paul > > Install the Samba server package, configure it, and run it on the Linux > machines. This will let them show up in the Network Neighborhood. > As root: > run "urpmi samba-server" > edit /etc/samba/samba.conf to set the workgroup and system name. > run "service smb start" to start the server. > run "chkconfig smb on" to have it start at boot. > > When you are trying to ping the Linux machines, are you trying to ping > by IP address or by system name? > > Mikkel
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