On Wednesday 05 March 2008 04:18:55 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I presume you also setting up bridging between eth1 and ath0 as per > http://www.linux.com/feature/55617 (and NOT to eth0) > > I would assume then you should have an IP address configured on device br0, > and this is also the interface ARP entries of your clients appear (view > with arp -a) > > If this is not the case we might need more info (not having played with > Linux bridging for a while) > > Regards, Martin > > On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Carlo Sogono <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > I have built my own wireless AP with Ubuntu 7.10 and an Atheros-based > > wireless card. My problem is that I can't access any of the Samba shares > > with my wireless clients...they can all search for the server, get > > prompted for a login then it just hangs and eventually times out. > > > > The same clients, when using their LAN ports to connect to the same > > server are able to do everything. I have experimented with the smb.conf > > file to include the wireless AP's device (ath0), subnet and even > > allowing it to bind on all interfaces. During those times, samba *does* > > bind on the device/device's IP when doing 'netstat -tln'. > > > > I have also checked my firewall settings. The rules I have for my local > > LAN on eth1 is identical to ath0 so I don't see a problem there. In fact > > I can do everything on my wireless clients except Samba. > > > > Here are some details of my setup: > > Ubuntu 7.10 server > > eth0 - ADSL modem; running pppoe > > eth1 - local LAN > > ath0 - wireless LAN > > madwifi drivers for Atheros chips > > hostapd to handle WPA2+PSK authentication > > iptables for IP filtering > > > > Am I missing something here? Thanks in advance.
Carlo <heh heh smiling> you choose the card access point rather than a $100 router say a dlink 640T which JustWorks(tm). This mess is what you wanted ... James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
