Fwd: [Samba] XP-Problem - suddenly XP canot connect to samba

[Chris Berry]

Did he activate the network bridging feature?


>From: "Dr. Bernd Zimmermann" <bernd at schaumburger-tracht.de>
>To: samba at lists.samba.org
>Subject: Re: Fwd: [Samba] XP-Problem - suddenly XP canot connect to samba
>Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 19:18:13 +0200
>
>Hi,
>
>>Message: 5
>>Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 16:46:35 +0200 (CEST)
>>From: =?iso-8859-1?q?linux=20power?= <linuxpower2002 at yahoo.no>
>>Subject: Fwd: [Samba] XP-Problem - suddenly XP canot connect to samba
>>To: samba at lists.samba.org
>>
>>He could have changed the firewall setting in XP.
>>
>>
>>
>No thats not the problem. I checked it, and the security settings are not 
>activated.
>All ports and all protocols are open. All other NT and Win98 Bixes can 
>connect.
>
>As I written below, I started a tcpdump on the linux box an I saw that when
>bowsing the network on the XP box, I can see packets going from the
>XP box to 224.0.1.22 (srvloc.mcast.net), but no packets to the
>usual port 137-139.
>In the XP network neighborhood I also can see other Workgroups and
>other Windows-PC but not the samba server.
>
>I also remeber a case, where somebody told me, that he was playing with
>a new XP installation - at the beginning everything worked fine an he also
>could connect to his samba server, but then he klicked the option to
>install the xp home network in the network assistant. From that point on
>he also had the problem that the samba server disappeared and he wasnt
>able to get it back to work. So he decided to swaitch back to Win98 ...
>
>Isnt there anybody out there having the same problems ?
>If its so easy to destroy the working samba connection with XP pressing
>the worng button, the must be hundreds of people havin the sam problem.
>
>As I told below, I alreday tried all registry hacks, disabling 
>certificates, signing
>and so on, but nothing worked.
>
>Please help.
>
>Regards,
>Bernd
>
>>--- "Dr. Bernd Zimmermann"
>><bernd at schaumburger-tracht.de> skrev: > Fra: "Dr.
>>Bernd Zimmermann"
>>
>>
>>><bernd at schaumburger-tracht.de>
>>>Til: samba at lists.samba.org
>>>Tema: [Samba] XP-Problem - suddenly XP canot connect
>>>to samba
>>>Dato: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 14:48:11 +0200
>>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>we had an XP computer running and connection to our
>>>Samba -Server (Debian Version, 2.2.3 ) was working
>>>very fine.
>>>
>>>Suddenly - the person who is working on that
>>>computer
>>>changed something, but could not remember what -
>>>the XP computer cannot see the samba server anymore.
>>>
>>>In the windows network there is no samba server
>>>visible
>>>Also "searching for the computer" does not work
>>>either
>>>via netbios name and ip adress
>>>The samba computer is still invisible
>>>
>>>Tcpdumping on the samba computer shows no port
>>>137,138,139
>>>connections. Only connection from the xp computer to
>>>224.0.1.22
>>>(srvloc.mcast.net) we can see.
>>>
>>>What happend to the XP computer ?
>>>
>>>We tried everything. Checking TCP/IP , Registry,
>>>nearly everything,
>>>but no way.
>>>
>>>What could happend to the XP computer ??
>>>
>>>We also deinstalled XP SRV Pack 1 ...
>>>
>>>Please Help.
>>>
>>>Thanks a lot.
>>>
>>>Bernd
>>>
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Chris Berry
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