Re: networking/samba

From: Raymond Dias (raydias_at_hp.com)
Date: 12/11/03 

Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 22:40:05 GMT

XP assigns that address automatically during the wizard setup. XP is now the
router for your network from what you have stated. The XP system will also
vend out an ip address via a built in dhcp server so you may give that a
shot and switch clients over to dhcp and allow the XP gateway/server do the
Ip address assignments. The 192.168.*.* ip address space was designed for
internal networks (not on the internet) and to access the internet you would
use a router (XP system in your case).

Also you may want to look at your Samba configuration and make sure it is
setup correctly to allow access. Then their is the firewall that may have
installed by default on your Linux system.

There are a number of variables here. start over from scratch with the XP
gateway and build your way back. Also for file sharing, you need to have the
workgroup/domain be the same on all systems if your going to access via smb.

Raymond Dias
"Jon Dough" <user@host.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2003.12.11.06.07.11.679979@host.com...
> On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 19:00:14 +0000, Stephen Harris wrote:
>
> >
> > "Trent" <trentallenblack@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:19d1da79.0312100743.8d75753@posting.google.com...
> >> Jon Dough <user@host.com> wrote in message
> > news:<pan.2003.12.10.07.17.50.269703@host.com>...
> >> > Ok, here is my situation:
> >> > I have been playing around with RH 9 for a little while, but am
pretty
> > new
> >> > wo it. It is on an old puter but seems to run well, network set up
OK
> > and
> >> > I (obviously) have internet access, through another winXP puter.
> >> > Getting samba to work has been a struggle...still not working
correctly,
> >> > i.e. cannot share the Linux printer, can view/move files on the
windoze
> >> > puters (one win98, the server is winXP) most of the time.
> >> > The real problem I have is that the network addresses are
substandard, I
> >> > think....they are in the 192.168.0.x range! This is the way that the
> >> > winXP puter set them up using the "wizard". I tried to change them
to a
> >> > 192.168.1.x range and the whole system went haywire, meaning I lost
> >> > internet connection on the win98 puters, could use internet with the
> > Linux
> >> > puter, though it was slow. All puters have fixed ip addresses.
> >> > My question is what are the ramifications of this...is this a problem
or
> >> > is it OK to have a 192.168.0.xx addresses? And why would WinXP set
it
> >> > this way?
> >> > TIA
> >>
> >> I have a windows xp home system that is my internet access to my
> >> Lindows computer, and it only works if it is set to 192.168.0.1 also.
> >
> > Do both you guys happen to use a router whose default is 192.168.0.1?
>
> No. This is a home network that is about as simple as it gets. I have a
> cable modem using a USB port into an XP pro computer and firewalled. The
> ethernet card from the XP puter goes to a 5 port hub, no router or switch.
>

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