Lee Wiggers wrote:
Seems like every time my gf plugs in her laptop, the lan
either disallows others from using the internet
connection or making samba connections. Not all the time
and not all problems at all times.
My main question should have been How do I keep an xp box
from winning any elections or taking any responsibilities
for cups, samba, and any other place I've missed. I
thought I knew what I was doing, but can't put my finger
on it.
Right now the laptop is on and my smb4k is saying,
"Searching network..." instead of hooking up with HOME
WORKGROUP and showing the shares.
"service smb restart" has no effect and smb.conf is not
corrupted. Both smb and nmb services are "ok"
I want to know when my box is on, it rules.
TIA
Lee
AH, OK.
So, first I need some info. How is the LAN setup? For instance, are you
running a router or using one of your PC's with 2 NIC's as the router?
How many are Windows, how many are Linux? If you have a combination of a
router and a main Linux box, which one is acting as the DHCP server? As
the gateway? Are you running a proxy server?
Any info of that nature would be a big help in working this out with
you. Try to be as clear and simple as possible, but don't leave out
relevant details. Also, it would be good if you could describe the
layout of your network from a connection perspective, working from the
Internet connection backwards to the PC's and/or printers.
Second, You can increase the Samba priority way beyond whatever Windows
can offer, so that Windows should lose that election. IIRC, Windows runs
it's priority at around 32, so if you set the Samba server as 45,
Windows won't get priority AND you can also adjust Samba to be the
Master Browser.
Third, I assume that the printer(s) are running on cups and being fed to
the Windows boxes via Samba, so my suggestion above should also solve
that problem,.
Next, are the Windows boxes serving up any shared folders? Does it have
'File and Printer Sharing' enabled in the network properties stack? If
so, disable them and create a new Samba share that all machines can
access (with or without password authentication) so that file sharing
happens when one box sends the files to be shared into that new Samba
share, whereby other machines would also access that same share to grab
those files.
If you have webmin installed, you could do this in seconds via your web
browser, but if not, you should look at the default /etc/samba/smb.conf
file. It includes a lot of info and sample configs that should help you
make the right choices.
It's also critical that ALL machines are in the same workgroup and that
the Samba server has been fed the usernames and passwords of those
systems. For 'Guest PC's' you can create a public share that will not
require a username or password.
Also, creating one 'hosts' file with the names and IP addresses of the
systems on your network would be a good idea. Once it's complete, you
can copy/paste it out to all the systems on your network, including the
Windows boxes.
The more info you can provide, the more help I can offer, but these ones
should get you started.
HTH's
DL
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