XP Pro - how to setup networking

I'm trying to access my server (running SME Linux). I'm using solely TCP/IP
protocols.

I used to be able to access everything on that server from my Windows 98
workstation. I'm having a devil of a job getting it to appear as a networked
drive under XP Pro. How do I do it? The only way I can access my data is via
Internet Explorer and FTP, which just doesn't cut the mustard that well.
Simple explanation required - how do I set up?

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>I'm trying to access my server (running SME Linux). I'm using solely TCP/IP
>protocols.
>
>I used to be able to access everything on that server from my Windows 98
>workstation. I'm having a devil of a job getting it to appear as a networked
>drive under XP Pro. How do I do it? The only way I can access my data is via
>Internet Explorer and FTP, which just doesn't cut the mustard that well.
>Simple explanation required - how do I set up?

XP won't allow logins to a samba-run domain, unfortunately, without some
registry changes. WHat you need to change is the "requiresignorseal" registry
hack, which can usually be found within the samba docs.

This page may also help:

http://www.ccs.uky.edu/docs/samba.htm

Also, upgrading to Samba 3.x supposedly fixes some of these problems.

deKay
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deKay wrote:

> XP won't allow logins to a samba-run domain, unfortunately, without some
> registry changes. WHat you need to change is the "requiresignorseal" registry
> hack, which can usually be found within the samba docs.
>
> This page may also help:
>
> http://www.ccs.uky.edu/docs/samba.htm
>
> Also, upgrading to Samba 3.x supposedly fixes some of these problems.

Interesting, am on Samba 2.2.5 on an e-smith SME server, and XP mapping
works fine, with no tweaks. Mind you this is with Pro, not Home as
identified in that article.

Widow Twankey wrote:
> I'm trying to access my server (running SME Linux). I'm using solely TCP/IP
> protocols.
>
> I used to be able to access everything on that server from my Windows 98
> workstation. I'm having a devil of a job getting it to appear as a networked
> drive under XP Pro. How do I do it? The only way I can access my data is via
> Internet Explorer and FTP, which just doesn't cut the mustard that well.
> Simple explanation required - how do I set up?

Can you XP machine see the server via browsing. What do you see if you
type net view in a DOS box?

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2004 12:13:46 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.comp.home-networking, yawatina tan reek esk Nig <(E-Mail Removed)> fornis do
marikano es bono tan el:

>deKay wrote:
>
>> XP won't allow logins to a samba-run domain, unfortunately, without some
>> registry changes. WHat you need to change is the "requiresignorseal" registry
>> hack, which can usually be found within the samba docs.
>>
>> This page may also help:
>>
>> http://www.ccs.uky.edu/docs/samba.htm
>>
>> Also, upgrading to Samba 3.x supposedly fixes some of these problems.
>
>Interesting, am on Samba 2.2.5 on an e-smith SME server, and XP mapping
>works fine, with no tweaks. Mind you this is with Pro, not Home as
>identified in that article.

You're one of the lucky few then. I had no end of problems. In fact, the XP
(well, NT/2k/XP) incompatibility is well documented in the samba docs.

deKay
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"Nig" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Can you XP machine see the server via browsing. What do you see if you
> type net view in a DOS box?

Ok. I pinged zeus (192.168.40.10) and came up with nothing under the name
but with a response under the number.

I set the Local Area connection up as
IP 192.168.40.12
aubnet mask 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway 192.168.40.10
DNS Server 192.168.40.10
Wins server 192.168.40.10

Zeus (192.168.40.10) is setup to recognise 192.168.40.11 through
192.168.40.14

Zeus works. No problem with Zeus - my NT box and my 98 box both work well
with it.

The only way I can access files is via Internet Explorer FTP which means I
can read but not write


Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>net view
There are no entries in the list.


C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>ping zeus
Ping request could not find host zeus. Please check the name and try again.

C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>ping 192.168.40.10

Pinging 192.168.40.10 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.40.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.40.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.40.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.40.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.40.10:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>ip config
'ip' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.40.12
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.40.10

PPP adapter Freeserve:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 81.78.86.195
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 81.78.86.195

C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>

On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 12:25:51 +0000, deKay <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>>Interesting, am on Samba 2.2.5 on an e-smith SME server, and XP mapping
>>works fine, with no tweaks. Mind you this is with Pro, not Home as
>>identified in that article.
>
>You're one of the lucky few then. I had no end of problems. In fact, the XP
>(well, NT/2k/XP) incompatibility is well documented in the samba docs.

Well, I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but whatever it is, it works.
Networking, I love it;-)

On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 14:12:14 -0000, "Widow Twankey" <abuse@127.0.0.1>
wrote:

>"Nig" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:0TmZb.1662$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>> Can you XP machine see the server via browsing. What do you see if you
>> type net view in a DOS box?
>
>Ok. I pinged zeus (192.168.40.10) and came up with nothing under the name
>but with a response under the number.


Seems to me that you haven't got the correct workgroup setup. The name
does not w*rk because the NS at 192.168.40.10 doesn't know where Zeus
is. Er, I think!

>I set the Local Area connection up as
>IP 192.168.40.12
>aubnet mask 255.255.255.0
>Default Gateway 192.168.40.10
>DNS Server 192.168.40.10
>Wins server 192.168.40.10

These settings look fine, but is 40.10 the DNS server you should use.
What exactly is Zeus running?

>Zeus (192.168.40.10) is setup to recognise 192.168.40.11 through
>192.168.40.14

Sorry, I don't understand this. Do you mean Zeus has rules to allow
these addresses?

>Zeus works. No problem with Zeus - my NT box and my 98 box both work well
>with it.

OK, so it's just the connectivity between NT and 98?

>Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
>(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
>
>C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>net view
>There are no entries in the list.

Do you have anything shared on the 98 box? Does it run a firewall?

I can still only use Internet Explorer to ftp my server. I cannot do
anything else with it.
I can access via putty and ping but that's about all - except from httping
the server manager page.

Well, I added
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\netlogon\parameters]
"RequireSignOrSeal"=dword:00000000
to the registry but I still cannot map the network drive. It still tells me
it's not there. I tried pinging zeus and it worked. These are the new ping
and ipconfig logs
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>ping zeus

Pinging zeus [192.168.40.10] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.40.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.40.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.40.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.40.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.40.10:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.40.11
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.40.10

C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>

if config on zeus brings up

login as: root
root@zeus's password:
Last login: Fri Feb 20 17:01:23 2004 from pc-00011
Welcome to the Mitel Networks SME Server.
[root@zeus root]# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:01:02:A5:2B:5F
inet addr:192.168.40.10 Bcast:192.168.40.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
EtherTalk Phase 2 addr:65280/139
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:3980 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:5283 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0
RX bytes:288311 (281.5 Kb) TX bytes:5329638 (5.0 Mb)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
EtherTalk Phase 2 addr:0/0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0
RX bytes:471 (471.0 b) TX bytes:471 (471.0 b)

sl0 Link encap:Serial Line IP
inet addr:192.168.40.10 P-t-P:0.0.0.0 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1856 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:127491 (124.5 Kb)

[root@zeus root]#


> Sorry, I don't understand this. Do you mean Zeus has rules to allow
> these addresses?

Zeus is set up to permit only access from
192.168.40.11
192.168.40.12
192.168.40.13
192.168.40.14

> OK, so it's just the connectivity between NT and 98?

Yes. Zeus will only map a network drive to 98 and to NT. XP rejects it as
unknown.

> Do you have anything shared on the 98 box? Does it run a firewall?

All the systems run Outpost. Outpost is setup identically on all system,
allowing access from 192.168.40.xx

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Widow Twankey

** now shacked up with the Giant Beanstalk **

Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Fri, 20 Feb
2004 20:37:23 -0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.comp.home-networking, yawatina tan reek esk "Widow Twankey"
<abuse@127.0.0.1> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:

>> Do you have anything shared on the 98 box? Does it run a firewall?
>
>All the systems run Outpost. Outpost is setup identically on all system,
>allowing access from 192.168.40.xx

Just one more thing...

Have you got samba installed and running? And you have a user in smbpasswd
with the same username and password as the user on the XP box?

deKay
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