[ale] [semi OT] No CIFS data

[James P. Kinney III]

On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 20:24, Chris Coleman wrote:
> Yes this should work with only TCP/IP installed. We do it all the time. How
> are the Windows nodes configured? I mean are they configured to look for a
> WINS server or to send broadcast messages? I'm not sure of the exact
> terminology: B-nodes, H-nodes or something like that. 
> 
> Just thinking out loud.  Can you use find computer to locate a share on a
> machine by name or IP?

I'll double check the "find computer" tomorrow when I get back at them.
I did note that the machine names are truncated in places as they are
rather long.

The nodes are set to be simple, non-domain workgroup machines. The
registry settings indicate none are to be master browser. Prior to my
arrival, a win 2003 AD server had been "setup" and nothing on the
network has worked right since. That machine is now a nice Fedora box :)
At least I solved one problem today :)
> 
> Chris Coleman
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of James P.
> Kinney III
> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 7:20 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: [ale] [semi OT] No CIFS data
> 
> Is it possible for a network switch (a "dumb" one, i.e. not managed) to
> not pass Windows network browser data? 
> 
> Scenario: New 24 port network switch. Several Win2K machines and some
> Linux servers. Everybody can ping everybody. None of the W2K machines
> can "see" any other windows box unless NETBUI (BLECH!) is installed. 
> 
> I've seen and worked on loads of M$ crap networks that can do the
> browsing with nothing but TCP/IP on W2K machines. 
> 
> I'm spending the evening with Samba 3 docs for more testing tomorrow.
> I'm stumped on this.
> 
> A possibly related side note: nbstat.exe is nowhere to be found on any
> machine. Even the newly installed W2K machine.
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