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

[Hodges, Robert CTR USAF AFMC 520 SMXS/MXDEC]

TMS3,

Thanks for joining in, really appreciate it.

I'm trying to keep it all straight, I'm relatively new to Samba (but learning quickly).

What I now know:

1.  Sniffer on XP box reveals that XP does see the broadcasts from Samba. 

2.  The Microsoft support tool/command "Browstat status" shows that XP does recognize Samba as the server (if Computer Browser service disabled, otherwise XP may/may not elect itself as the master - unpredictable), but also shows that XP is unable to pull down the browse list form the Samba box.  

XP being unable to pull down the browse list form the Samba box is where things are broken.  Everything else looks good.

Any ideas on how to get that browse list from Samba to XP?

Bob



-----Original Message-----
From: tms3 at tms3.com [mailto:tms3 at tms3.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 9:54 AM
To: Hodges, Robert CTR USAF AFMC 520 SMXS/MXDEC
Cc: samba at lists.samba.org
Subject: Re: [Samba] Need Help Getting Windows XP To Use Samba Properly






	Everyone,
	
	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??? 


	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, 
	
	Widows 2000, however, acknowledges them just fine, even with Comptuer Browser disabled, and all is well.
	
	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
	
	
	-----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
	
	
	
	
	
	Excellent information, thank you.
	
	Unfortunately, none of it solved my problem.
	
	
	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
	
	nbtstat -r
	
	which will tell you how lookups are being done. Might lead you to a culprit.
	
	
	
	
	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.
	
	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!
	
	
	
	-----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
	
	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:
	
	
	Other details: I do not use a DNS server, I use the hosts file in XP.
	
	
	
	Yes, but NetBIOS desires the lmhosts file. See my ancient (but still
	valid) scribblings here:
	http://realcomputerguy.com/networksetup.htm#hosts
	
	Chris
	-- 
	To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the
	instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
	
	
	
	-- 
	To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the
	instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba