> 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.
Have you tried another tcp stack ? > This causes it to be impossible to connect to the Samba server > from PC side. Strange, I guess nmap'ing the ip will show no open ports ? > 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. I do however remeber only having PPP interface on my A1200 with serial nullmodem to an NT4.0 server. (Miami3.2, KIck 3.1, WB3.1) Are you using amitcp ? > 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. Oki. Have a look for the new 3com pcmica drivers btw. > 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. More info updated on the amiga samba list. I think you can call the amiga 2.2.5 for beta and not alpha anymore. Some memory fragmentation and stuff, but works quite well. Maybe this puzzle is something Chris H like to punder about ? Why should smb bind well to PPP links ? ;D -- Ulf
