On Monday, November 29, 2010 09:02:32 am Allen Chen wrote: > Did you power off and power on the other 2 old switches? > > Alllen
Well, it appears Allen had the right solution, and I would have stumbled on it by accident. Over the holiday, we had a squirrel commit suicide on a transformer so everything got powered off and later back on. When I changed the cabling today to do the tests suggested by others, it worked! Thanks to all who tried to help me. > > Robert S wrote: > > I've got a client - a cheap client - and they want to add a new file > > server (samba sharing) to their network. They have one samba server > > already acting as the domain controller (PDC) and file server (and DHCP > > server). The wiring is a nightmare, and everything is daisy chained > > through 3 different non- programmable switches. They have no more open > > ports on any of the switches. Further, the switches are about 40 feet > > from the servers in another room. > > > > My plan was to take the cable that connects the domain controller (PDC), > > plug that into a new switch as the uplink, then connect both the old and > > new samba servers (a member server according to testparm) to the same > > switch. The new switch has all auto-uplink ports, so cross-over, > > non-cross-over isn't an issue. > > > > The problem is when I do this, none of the workstations (XP based) can > > find the domain controller any more (domain not available). I switch the > > cables back (remove the switch), everything works fine. Use the switch > > again, same problem. This means it's not the signorseal problem. > > > > For kicks to see if it's a bad cable or switch, I used a live Linux CD on > > my test workstation (this one is having the problem) when the connection > > is running through the new switch and it got a lease from the PDC (it's > > also a DHCP server) and can ping the PDC no problem. This, to me, says > > it can't be the cable or new switch and is pointing the finger at XP. > > > > But what is causing XP to fail? Domain authentications with very tiny > > TTL??? Any other troubleshooting tips? -- Fail to learn history-repeat it. Fail to learn rights-lose them. Learn both-get screwed by previous two groups. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
