[Samba] Need Help Getting Windows XP To Use Samba Properly

[tms3 at tms3.com]

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> Everyone,
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> Both the Microsoft Network Monitor (sniffer) and "Nbtstat -r" shows 
> that Windows XP is not acknowledging the broadcast packets from the 
> Samba box,
Well, that's an interesting statement...

So, XP spouts a request to the WINS server, it responds and the packet 
is dropped?????

Or is XP NOT sending a request at all???
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> which keeps XP from being able to browse the server because no master 
> browser is being recognized.  If the "Computer Browser" service was 
> enabled in XP,
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> Widows 2000, however, acknowledges them just fine, even with Comptuer 
> Browser disabled, and all is well.
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> Any suggestions?  If you folks help me figure this out, you'll be 
> heroes, because I have come across a lot of help requests all over the 
> internet that go way back many years for this very same problem, few 
> solutions, and none of them resulting in a solution that works for me.
>
> Bob
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: tms3 at tms3.com [mailto:tms3 at tms3.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:48 PM
> To: Hodges, Robert CTR USAF AFMC 520 SMXS/MXDEC
> Cc: Chris Smith; samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Need Help Getting Windows XP To Use Samba 
> Properly
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> Excellent information, thank you.
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> Unfortunately, none of it solved my problem.
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> Start sniffing the machine as you do a "Network Neighborhood" search.  
> You might also check and see just where and how lookups are being done 
> for NETBios from an XP box command terminal
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> nbtstat -r
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> which will tell you how lookups are being done.  Might lead you to a 
> culprit.
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> I see a lot of "The specified network name is no longer available" 
> error messages all over the internet from Linux users, and none of the 
> very few solutions I have come across have worked for me.
>
> Anybody else able to chime in and take a guess as why my XP box is 
> having a problem talking to my Solaris/Samba box? Again, Win2K has no 
> problems talking to the Samba box - it's just XP.
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> Refresh: This error happens when you try to browse using "My Network 
> Places" in the desktop. Mapping works fine, access works fine. 
> Browsing is what fails in XP. I need this to work or I'm looking at a 
> huge and expensive documentation change effort that few would 
> understand.
>
> Still desperate for help on this. This problem happens with WinXP 
> right out of the box, we have nothing weird installed.
>
> Help!
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Smith [mailto:smb_77 at chrissmith.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 12:45 PM
> To: Hodges, Robert CTR USAF AFMC 520 SMXS/MXDEC
> Cc: John Drescher; samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Need Help Getting Windows XP To Use Samba 
> Properly
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> On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Hodges, Robert CTR USAF AFMC 520
> SMXS/MXDEC <robert.hodges.ctr at hill.af.mil> wrote:
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> Other details:  I do not use a DNS server, I use the hosts file in XP.
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> Yes, but NetBIOS desires the lmhosts file. See my ancient (but still
> valid) scribblings here:
> http://realcomputerguy.com/networksetup.htm#hosts
>
> Chris
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