Re: [Samba] problems with name resolution in a small home network

2005-08-15 Thread Claude Jones
On Sun August 14 2005 9:55 pm, Chris wrote: On Sunday 14 August 2005 08:21 pm, Claude Jones wrote: OK - I'm still trying to understand netbios node types and where they are applied, and when to specify them, and how, and where they are specified, and... This might help: According to

Re: [Samba] problems with name resolution in a small home network

2005-08-15 Thread Chris
On Monday 15 August 2005 02:42 am, Claude Jones wrote: According to several sources I've read, including your citations, if I'm running wins as part of my Samba server, then netbios mode h is the proper mode. I've added the line option netbios-node-type=8 to my dhcpd.conf In general that's

Re: [Samba] problems with name resolution in a small home network

2005-08-15 Thread Chris
On Monday 15 August 2005 02:42 am, Claude Jones wrote: The rndc stuff I referred to has to with getting named.conf and rndc.conf to refer to a secret key in order to do dns. Just realized that it's r n d c. With the small font I'm using I thought it was m d c (the r really close to the n

Re: [Samba] problems with name resolution in a small home network

2005-08-14 Thread Ilia Chipitsine
Pardon me if I don't adhere to list protocol - this is my first post: I have a simple home network with a seemingly intractable problem. I'm pretty new to Samba, though, and I can't help but think the answer, like the purloined letter in Edgar Allan Poe's story, is staring me in the face.

Re: [Samba] problems with name resolution in a small home network

2005-08-14 Thread Chris
On Friday 12 August 2005 10:23 pm, Claude Jones wrote: StudioPC is fixed ip 192.168.2.32 Double check name spelling, subnet mask, etc. Open a konqueror browser window and enter smb:/ and I get my 'workgroup' icon; click on that, and I get the three PC's that have shares opened,

Re: [Samba] problems with name resolution in a small home network

2005-08-14 Thread Claude Jones
On Sun August 14 2005 9:52 am, Chris wrote: On Friday 12 August 2005 10:23 pm, Claude Jones wrote: StudioPC is fixed ip 192.168.2.32 Double check name spelling, subnet mask, etc. My mistake, but only in this mail-message: The correct name is studypc I did recheck the config on that machine,

Re: [Samba] problems with name resolution in a small home network

2005-08-14 Thread Chris
On Sunday 14 August 2005 11:36 am, Claude Jones wrote: So, the machine I can browse to from Konqueror returns an unknown host error The machine I CAN'T browse, I can ping??? Probably because some name resolution is being done via broadcasts. Have you verified spelling and format in both hosts

Re: [Samba] problems with name resolution in a small home network

2005-08-14 Thread Claude Jones
On Sun August 14 2005 11:53 am, Chris wrote: On Sunday 14 August 2005 11:36 am, Claude Jones wrote: So, the machine I can browse to from Konqueror returns an unknown host error The machine I CAN'T browse, I can ping??? Probably because some name resolution is being done via broadcasts. OK

Re: [Samba] problems with name resolution in a small home network

2005-08-14 Thread Chris
On Sunday 14 August 2005 01:14 pm, Claude Jones wrote: Probably because some name resolution is being done via broadcasts. OK - I'm not sure what this explanation means, but I'll continue my reading NetBIOS typically uses or falls back to using broadcasting for name resolution unless

Re: [Samba] problems with name resolution in a small home network

2005-08-14 Thread Claude Jones
On Sun August 14 2005 2:03 pm, Chris wrote: NetBIOS typically uses or falls back to using broadcasting for name resolution unless specifically set up to use p-node (only WINS). OK - I'm still trying to understand netbios node types and where they are applied, and when to specify them, and

Re: [Samba] problems with name resolution in a small home network

2005-08-14 Thread Claude Jones
I reply to myself, because I answered some of my own questions: On Sun August 14 2005 8:21 pm, Claude Jones wrote: OK - I'm looking into this: From man dhcpd.conf When dhcpd tries to find a host declaration for a client, it first looks for a host declaration which has a fixed-address

Re: [Samba] problems with name resolution in a small home network

2005-08-14 Thread Chris
On Sunday 14 August 2005 08:21 pm, Claude Jones wrote: OK - I'm still trying to understand netbios node types and where they are applied, and when to specify them, and how, and where they are specified, and... This might help: http://www.networkuptime.com/archives/2001/08/troubleshooting.html

[Samba] problems with name resolution in a small home network

2005-08-12 Thread Claude Jones
Pardon me if I don't adhere to list protocol - this is my first post: I have a simple home network with a seemingly intractable problem. I'm pretty new to Samba, though, and I can't help but think the answer, like the purloined letter in Edgar Allan Poe's story, is staring me in the face.