Failing tests 5 and 6 in DIAGNOSIS.txt?

[Ward... James Ward]

Hi,

While going through DIAGNOSIS.txt on my samba 2.2.2 server, I came across
the following test results:

Test 5:

[root at NetServer samba]# nmblookup -B resaddr8.research.bio2.edu '*'
querying * on 209.64.53.8
name_query failed to find name *

This appears to be a partial failure?

Test 6:

Initially, I got:

[root at NetServer samba]# nmblookup -d 2 '*'
added interface ip=209.64.53.11 bcast=209.64.53.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
querying * on 209.64.53.255
name_query failed to find name *

It was suggested in DIAGNOSIS.txt that I experiment with the interfaces
directive in smb.conf, so I did:

        interfaces = interfaces = eth0 209.64.53.11/255.255.255.0
        interfaces = interfaces = eth0 209.64.53.11/24

both times I get the following:

[root at NetServer samba]# nmblookup -d 2 '*'
can't determine netmask for interfaces
can't determine netmask for =
added interface ip=209.64.53.11 bcast=209.64.53.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
querying * on 209.64.53.255

So, it appears that something is not working right with my broadcasting?

I'd appreciate any help I can get on making this right.

Also, I'm a UNIX veteran new to Windows networking.  Is there a good place
to read about the different types of Windows networks like Workgroups
versus Domains and such?  And if I can't get Samba working in time,
can someone help me make a useable filesystem(s) on the remaing 16G of
disk space on my NT server?

Alternatively, is there some free NFS-like alternative that might be
easier to implement than Samba?

Thanks in advance,

James