On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 19:05:21 -0400 Gary Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Douglas D Germann Sr wrote: > > <<Gary Dale <garydale <at> torfree.net> writes: > > > >> I'm wondering at this point about the difference in the handling of > >> DNS/WINS between Win95 and WinXP. Normally, XP is the fussier of the > >> two, but ... > >> > >> With a separate switch and router, and a router normally providing DNS > >> services, perhaps you are having a problem in that area. You can ping > >> google, presumably from the name and not the ip address, so your DNS is > >> likely working. > >> > >> It appears your switch is working. You can ping between stations OK. > >> > >> You may need WINS services running to get Win95 to connect to Samba > >> properly. That's what I'd concentrate on. > >> > > > > > > Gary-- > > > > Thanks, especially for your reasoning through this for me. > > > > I am wondering if my local computer hardware dealer and repair folks > > might be able to test the switch and router to see if there are problems. > > > > Yes, I did ping google from the name. > > > > OK, I'll go look for a howto on WINS and see what that takes. Perhaps it is > > just a Synaptic install. > > > > In the meantime, does it make sense that it needs WINS if it just stopped > > working one night? Now granted it has only been on this server for about > > 2-3 > > weeks. > > > > Before that I had another server, an older red hat 9.0 box. Maybe I could > > try > > getting that box back up and running and see if Win95 can still connect to > > it. > > > > Thanks, Gary! > > > > :- Doug. > > > > > > WINS is the Windows Internet Name Service - it is similar to DNS but > different enough to cause problems. Samba handles WINS differently, so > searching for WINS won't work. And I don't have anything old enough to > test from here. However, you could look at winbind or nsswitch > configuration. Possibly it's just a matter of starting winbind... > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba Finally Microsoft could make WINS work correctly, but it's too late since one can use SMB directly over TCP/IP. I think you can use the lmhosts file (lmhost, lsmhosts or somethink like that, I don't remember right now). This file is similar to /etc/hosts; each file containing an "netbios name -> IP" relation. If you do not use DHCP it could help you. I had some problems with a Samba server at work; I used IPTables to set the firewall and the opened all the ports needed by Windows (135, 137, 138, 139 and 445) and the problems persist. It was a kind of "netbios name resolution problem". The lmhosts file solved the problem, you have to set this file at each Windows client. Greetings. -- Miguel Da Silva. Servicio de Informatica. Facultad de Ciencias. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
