Hi, Ulf Bertilsson! On 19-Feb-03, you wrote: UB>> ppp0: UB>> flags=40F1<UP,POINTOPOINT,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,NOARP,SANA> MTU=1500 UB>> inet 192.168.255.254 --> 192.168.255.253 netmask FFFFFFFF UB>> Hardware type: PPP UB>> UB>> Use "ifconfig -h" for usage. UB>> 16.System:> UB>> --- cut --- UB>> PC has IP 192.168.255.253. UB>> When i try to specify a 255.255.255.252 (FFFFFFFC) netmask UB>> for ppp0, Samba UB>> adds ppp0 to the list of interfaces, but the interface just UB>> does not pass UB>> broadcasts. UB>> What's wrong? How to solve my problem? UB> UB> Pavel, UB> UB> I had this running on my A1200 some years ago. UB> UB> I think you could solve this problem with simple stuff as adding an UB> "lmhost" file spesifying all host in your "lan". UB> Broadcast are not in theory needed for operation.
I know. Broadcasts are not the problem itself. The problem is that Samba does not bind to ppp0 at all, it completely ignores this interface. This causes it to be impossible to connect to the Samba server from PC side. I write about it here because i think it is not Amiga-specific problem. I've tried to list through the Samba docs, and there are some notes meaning that Samba can be used on PPP links. But there are no words about the setting up the things there. UB> Are you sure your nmbd is running fine. Of couse it does. My Amiga is connected also to a LAN via CNet card. And i work perfectly in LAN. UB> The old versions (on aminet) have some issues. UB> UB> Try get the newest gcc based ports by Olaf (2.2.5 available also), nmbd UB> is more stable here. I'll try to. Kind regards.
