[Samba] Samba with a Win9x network and RoadRunner

DJ Busch djbusch at new.rr.com
Sun Sep 29 13:44:01 GMT 2002


I've tried setting the IP on the Linux machine manually, but the result was
ugly - I couldn't connect to any outside Internet services.  If I don't let
RR(my cable ISP)'s DHCP server set my IP, I can't access the Internet at
all.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mogens Kjaer [mailto:mk at crc.dk]
> Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 1:32 AM
> To: DJ Busch
> Cc: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba with a Win9x network and RoadRunner
>
>
> DJ Busch wrote:
> ...
> > Now on to the problem:  As most of you are already aware, RR
> uses DHCP to
> > assign IP addresses to client machines at boot time.  This seems to be
> > causing Samba to have problems resolving the machine names.
>
> I don't know what RoadRunner is, but at home we have an ADSL router
> that acts as a DHCP server. But this doesn't prevent me from assigning
> IP numbers within the server's IP interval. The DHCP server will
> try and ping the IP number before giving it to a client. If the
> number is already taken, a new one is assigned.
>
> Mogens
> --
> Mogens Kjaer, Carlsberg Laboratory, Dept. of Chemistry
> Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-2500 Valby, Denmark
> Phone: +45 33 27 53 25, Fax: +45 33 27 47 08
> Email: mk at crc.dk Homepage: http://www.crc.dk
>
>
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