[Samba] Win98 clients not 'seeing' each other

[Carlos Oliva G.]

On Thu, 2002-12-26 at 06:42, richard wrote:
> sounds like some reading needed for you!!........maybe "file and printer
> sharing" is not included in W98 tcp config for starters?
> R.C.
> 

It's already checked an all of the stations. Like I said I can see the
computers and their shares if I look them up using the 'search computer'
dialog, or if I directly type '\\MACHINE' on the location bar.

> On Thu, 2002-12-26 at 19:17, Carlos Oliva G. wrote:
> > Hi there,
> > 
> > I have a somewhat wide experience with samba. I've succesfully installed
> > it as a client as well as a PDC on Windows networks.
> > 
> > The last time, however, there has been an issue with the win9x stations.
> > I've setup the Samba server over Linux to act as a PDC for the domain. I
> > use dhcp to assign the network configuration to the hosts, and the only
> > protocol installed on them is TCP/IP. The machines can succesfully logi
> > into the samba server, they execute the logon script and I can access
> > all the shares. However, when I try to browse the 'networking
> > neighborhood', all that I see is the samba server. I cannot even see the
> > same machine I'm working from. If I do a search trying to look up a
> > machine name, it will find it right away and I am able to browse through
> > it, but again it is not visible under network neighborhood.
> > 
> > I have not been able to resolve this problem since it's the first time
> > it shows up on me, is there any way for the win9x (all the stations are
> > win98) machines to 'announce' themselves on the PDC and force it to be a
> > WINS server for the rest of the network? If so, is there any way to do
> > this as transparent as possible for the clientes (ie. by the means of
> > dhcp) so little to no extra configuration is needed?
> > 
> > Best regards and happy holidays,
> > 
> > -- 
> > Carlos Oliva G.
> > Igloo Sistemas Ltda.
> > Fono/Fax: +56 32 684798
> > carlos.oliva at igloo.cl - http://www.igloo.cl
> > 
> > "I've been mad for fucking years, absolutely years, been over the edge
> > for yonks, been working me buns off for bands..." 
> > 
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Carlos Oliva G.
Igloo Sistemas Ltda.
Fono/Fax: +56 32 684798
carlos.oliva at igloo.cl - http://www.igloo.cl

"I've been mad for fucking years, absolutely years, been over the edge
for yonks, been working me buns off for bands..."