Re: [Sheflug] Samba WINS client

["Craig Andrews" <nospam [at] fishbot.free-online.co.uk>]

Hello,

The machines are using TCP/IP and NetBIOS, but not NetBeui. The NetBIOS bit
is fine. I can see them if i do a smbclient //WHATEVER/SHARED.

The problem is that they seem to have no domain, or at least, not that I can
find. The NetAdmin doesn't know what domain they are in.

The only name these boxes have is the NetBIOS name which is exported for the
SMB clients/servers to use.

This is a pain when I try to do anything other than Samba mounts on them.

I can ping the NT and Linux boxes OK by doing:

ping <netbiosname>.<domain>

but the Win9x machines don''t like this, or

ping <netbiosname>

or

ping <netbiosname>.

I can ping them by IP, but as this is on a network with a DHCP server, I
can't set them up in resolv.conf as they are subject to change.

What I really need to know is this. How is a Win9x machine recognised on a
'real' network (not SMB). Or is this a microshaft
'use-our-stuff-or-it-wont-work' ploy (most likely)

Cheers

Craig




-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Sims <psims [at] lombard.co.uk>
To: 'Sheflug' <sheflug [at] vuw.ac.nz>
Date: Thursday, July 27, 2000 1:14 PM
Subject: RE: [Sheflug] Samba WINS client


>are the win95 boxes running just tcp/ip or have they got netbios (netbeui)
running ? AFAIK netbeui provides the browsing capability.
>
>On Thursday, July 27, 2000 12:15 PM, Craig Andrews
[SMTP:craig [at] fishbot.free-online.co.uk] wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am currently messing around with Samba on a medium sized network, and
>> have this problem:
>>
>> Most of the other machines are Win9x, and a few are WinNT. Only 2 are
>> Linux based.
>>
>> I can see the WinNT and Linux boxes OK, as they are all on the same
>> domain. However, if I try to ping a Win9x box, all I ever get is Host
>> Not Found.
>>
>> I have set up Samba to use the correct WINS server, to no avail.
>>
>> Summary then: On a network with a single domain. I can see NT and Linux
>> boxes (boxen?) OK, but not Win9X boxes. I can, however, mount the shares
>> on these by the usual methods.
>>
>> Cheers then,
>>
>> Craig
>>  << File: ATT00004.htm >>
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