Cannot access network (NT, 95. Linux) resources from NT
Umar Murtaza
umurtaza at usa.net
Mon Feb 16 13:47:25 GMT 1998
Our network has a Linux Server, NT Server and Windows 95
workstations, with the following configurations:
Linux Internet Server:
IPaddress: 192.168.5.1
Primary WINS Server: 208.222.17.11 (NT Server)
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
NT Server:
IPaddress: 208.222.17.11
Gateway: 192.158.5.1 (Linux Internet Server)
Primary WINS Server: 208.222.17.11 (itself)
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Windows 95 Workstations:
Running on DHCP (Linux Server has dhcp configured)
They have a valid IP address, gateway IP address, Subnet Mask, but
no Primary WINS Server (whereas it should show NT Server as Primary
WINS Server, its there in smb.conf file of Linux server). This is the
output of "winipcfg" command of windows 95.
Samba is configured at Linux Server.
output of route command at linux server is:
# route
Kernel IP routing table
Destn Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Iface
208.222.17.11 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 eth0
255.255.255.255 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 eth0
ISP * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 ppp0
localnet * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 eth0
loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 lo
default ISP 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 ppp0
All windows95 workstations can see each other and the linux
server, plus they can browse and share their shared resources on the
local network.. All machines including the windows 95 workstations NT
server and the Linux Server can ping each other and also gives the
correct tracert/traceroute results.
Problem is:
1. All workstation cannot see NT Server in the "Network
Neighbourhood", also "find a computer" cannot find the ntserver.
2. NTServer can see all the workstations plus the linux server in
"Network Neighbourhood". Can use the shared resources (directories
and files) of the Linux Server but cannot access the shared resources
of the windows 95 workstations. It gives an error "\\workstation is
not accessible" and "The network path was not found" if i try to
access them.
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