Windows network gone - I can no longer see it.

[aYo Binitie]

Mucho Gracias. I really appreciate the help.



On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 8:36 PM, Steven Davies-Morris <
sdavmor at systemstheory.net> wrote:

> Gustin Johnson wrote:
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> >
> > aYo Binitie wrote:
> >> I'm trying to access Windows shares, on a windows workgroup.
> >> That's all :(
> >>
> > Forget the GUI tool for now (we are troubleshooting now)
> >
> > - From the command line:
> >
> > smbclient -L //computername -U username
> >
> > The computer name is the name of the computer you are connecting
> > to. The username is one that exists on the target machine.
> >
> > If you get an error like this: failed (Error
> > NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME)
> >
> > then that means that name resolution is broken.  There are two
> > solutions (technically 3):
> >
> > 1) create entries in /etc/hosts that map names to ip addresses 1B)
> > Set up a DNS server to do name lookups.  This is what I do but some
> >  people find this scary and it is an overkill solution. 2) connect
> > with IP addresses
> >
> > So, instead of a name, use the IP address smbclient -L
> > //192.168.0.100 -U username
> >
> > Also, in my house I map all the network drives.  So on windows
> > machines all network shares get drive letters, under linux they get
> > mount points (as defined in /etc/fstab or whatever GUI front end
> > you use).  Relying on the workgroup browser is a bad idea, even in
> > a purely windows network.  I have had a home network long before I
> > got into Linux in the '90s so this approach is born of years of
> > hard earned experience.
>
> Wow! Gustin, you beat me quite convincingly to the punch. I got in
> very late last night and saw this but was too tired to reply. That's
> a very concise explanation of what the OP needs to do.
>
> I have all the local IPs defined in the /etc/hosts on each *nix box,
> along with the name of the machine. That way I can access by either
> IP addy or name.
>
> Here's my local /etc/hosts:
>
> sdavmor at spock:~$ cat /etc/hosts
> 127.0.0.1 localhost
> 127.0.1.1 spock
> ##
> ## Other static IP computers on this network
> 192.168.0.88 ##spare
> 192.168.0.89 ##spare
> 192.168.0.90 UBtestbed #Ubuntu development
> 192.168.0.91 RHtestbed #Red Hat development
> 192.168.0.92 jedi #Trevor WinXP
> 192.168.0.93 naruto #Ian WinXP
> 192.168.0.94 hitchcock #Media center Ubuntu Hardy
> 192.168.0.95 abbeyroad #DAW WinXP/Ubuntu Hardy
> 192.168.0.96 ##spare
> 192.168.0.97 spock #SDM Ubuntu Intrepid
> 192.168.9.98 parrothead #Sandy WinXP
> 192.168.0.99 dmz #FTP & printer server Win2K
> ##
> ## addresses 192.168.0.100-120 are reserved for DHCP assigned
> ## by the D-Link DIR-615 wireless router.
> ##
> ## The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
> ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
> fe00::0 ip6-localnet
> ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
> ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
> ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
> ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
>
> I am currently having a problem reaching "naruto" and "jedi" from the
> systems that are *nix based. But not from the other Windows boxes. The
> two PCs in question are my sons' Windows XP systems which have been
> recently upgraded with Trendnet Wireless "N" cards, and just upgraded
> with WinXP service pack 3. I can't ping them by name or IP address,
> and get the NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME error when doing a smbclient -L
> //machinename -U username at either target. That will be a project
> for Sunday morning, while the dog, the NFL and I have the place to
> ourselves.
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