[Samba] Samba and netbios --- HEEEEELLLP!!!

[Dmitry Voronov]

Not DNS, NetBIOS over TCP. By name query, I didn't mean DNS but NMB.

Dmitry

-----Original Message-----
From: Enrique Sanchez Vela [mailto:esanchezvela at yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 11:46 AM
To: Dmitry Voronov; samba
Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba and netbios --- HEEEEELLLP!!!




 so, are you telling me windows (netbios) uses
standard tcpip DNS queries ? 

 I find that difficult to swallow since there are a
bunch of pcs not in the DNS, "visible" on the network
neighborhood.

thanks,
esv

--- Dmitry Voronov <dvoronov at uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> Well, it does matter because that's the only way the
> other machines know 
> you're there. They send out a name query for the
> domain name and if no 
> one responds, it's not there. Same with the name of
> the machine. My 
> problem is actually a little different. After
> setting up the laptop at 
> home and bringing it to work, it worked perfectly
> fine. I just can't get 
> any other machine on the network to follow suit.
> 
> Dmitry
> 
> Enrique Sanchez Vela wrote:
> 
> >Hi all,
> >
> > I have the same problem at the cust lan, I took
> the
> >samba server with me, set it up at home and it
> worked
> >perfectly at the first time, then took it to the
> >office it also worked, but when its time to take it
> to
> >customer's office, it refuses to work.
> >
> > the only difference is related to tcp/ip name
> >resoultion but it should not matter.
> >
> >regards,
> >esv.
> >
> >
> >  -----Original Message-----
> >From: samba-admin at lists.samba.org
> >[mailto:samba-admin at lists.samba.org]On
> >Behalf Of Dmitry Voronov
> >Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 12:31 PM
> >To: samba at lists.samba.org
> >Subject: [Samba] Samba and netbios ---
> HEEEEELLLP!!!
> >
> >
> >Wow, ok, whatever the problem is, I'm now pretty
> >convinced that it's 
> >over my
> >head. I am trying to setup samba as the PDC for our
> >network. I cannot 
> >for
> >the life of me get it to work. I went home, tried
> it
> >on my laptop and 
> >it
> >worked in 15 seconds. I came to work, setup the
> server
> >exactly the same
> >and...nothing. "The domain either does not exist or
> >could not be 
> >contacted"
> >blah blah. I've resorted to looking at the details
> of
> >what's going on 
> >with
> >ethereal. I can see no difference in the way the
> two
> >machines register
> >themselves but the server does not respond to name
> >queries, neither to 
> >its
> >netbios name nor the domain name. The laptop does.
> I
> >am running way 
> >short on
> >ideas. I have tried Potato, Woody, Redhat 7.1, 7.3.
> >7.1 is what's on my
> >laptop. I've tried 2.2.3a-something (6 I think),
> >2.2.4-2. No 
> >difference. I
> >tried duplicating the net setup of the laptop on
> the
> >server with no 
> >luck
> >(hostnames, static ip etc). I just don't get it. IT
> >SHOULD WORK!!!!!
> >
> >Please help!!!
> >Dmitry
> >
> >
> >
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