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SAMBA machine in "My Network Places" - the W2k equivalent to the Network
Neighborhood.  This is true for my Windows NT servers as well.  I can
double-click on the SAMBA machine and after a (very) long pause, I get
presented with the expected lists of shares.  I double-click on a share
and after another (very) long pause I can see files in the shares.  But
here's where it gets flaky...

After a period of time (no pattern here that I can tell) I can no longer
access the SAMBA shares or even pull a list of shares from the machine.
When this happens, I try the old method for connections - the "net"
command.  I can issue "net view \\gateway" or "net use X: \\gateway\ftp"
and I get this in return:

	H:\>net view \\gateway
	The Server service is not started.
	More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2114.

When I check out error "2114" I really get no more helpful info - it all
applies to Windows' services...

The funny thing about this whole problem - after another few minutes the
machine begins working again, and the whole process starts over again.
During these "blackout" times, the SAMBA machine still appears in "My
Network Places", but I think that's because of how Windows cache's
things.  The machine is always back up before the cache time expires.

At first, I thought I had the Firewall (IPChains) blocking it.  But I've
checked that and ports 137-139 on both TCP and UDP pass through just
fine (I have the firewall down at this point).  Then I thought it was
because of the two NICs I had, but I've limited SAMBA to the "Internal"
and loopback interfaces.  I've also added the "bind interfaces = true"
to the smb.conf.  The "external" NIC isn't even plugged up yet.

I'm not exactly sure what else I need to send that may be helpful, but
if any additional info is needed, I'll be more than happy to forward it
along.

Thanks,

Kevin L. Collins, MCSE
Systems Manager
Nesbitt Engineering, Inc.

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