[Tfug] Accessing shared folder

[Ronald Sutherland]

Do you have a name server and DHCP server or is it a static setup, if 
its static
then I've seen a few computers talk, I'm not sure how they do it, possibly
a broadcast but it does not scale up so I add the addresses in Host file.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_file

ping (Win and Lin), Nslookup (Win), dig (Lin)
some commands I use to find out what the name server is giving me

for example on nameofpc1 try
ping nameofpc3

then on Kubuntu PC try
ping nameofpc3

Reverse lookups can give clues also
dig power.epccs.com
...
;; ANSWER SECTION:
power.epccs.com.        3600    IN      A       67.41.22.211
...

dig -x 67.41.22.211
...
;; ANSWER SECTION:
211.22.41.67.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN     PTR     power.epccs.com.
...

If you have a Winblows name server, run the management tool and look at the
assigned addresses, nuke the duplicates, although you need to make sure
there not the addresses in the PC's.

power is off but electricity is on at my home...

Brad Becker wrote:
> Ok I'm all eyes, how does one make sure the IP address is in
> the name server properly?
>
> - Brad
>
> Ronald Sutherland <rsutherland at epccs.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Are you using M$ domain server and dhcp, if so make sure the IP address
>> of that PC is in the name server correctly.
>>     
>
>
>   
>> Brad Becker wrote:
>>     
>>> I'm using Kubuntu and have a home network, 1 linux box, 3 windoze.
>>>
>>>  From the linux box, in the location bar of Konqueror, when typing:
>>>
>>> smb:/ - displays the 'workgroup' icon
>>>
>>> smb://workgroup/ - displays all computers on the network
>>>
>>> smb://nameofpc1/ - displays the shared folders
>>>
>>> smb://nameofpc2/ - displays the shared folders
>>>
>>> So far so good.  However,
>>>
>>> smb://nameofpc3/ - displays a "Timeout on Server" error message.
>>>
>>> If 'nameofpc3' is replaced with the actual IP address then no problem,
>>> I can see/access the shared folders.
>>>
>>> So it appears samba isn't associating this particular pc's name with the
>>> proper IP?
>>> Solution?
>>>
>>> - Brad Becker
>>>       
>
>
>
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