Intermittent network connection problem

[NoOp]

On 12/15/2009 07:37 AM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
> Fred Roller wrote:
...
>> I don't know why OS/2 would have the connectivity problem.  Have you set 
>> up "Samba" on the Ubuntu sytem?  Samba is a windows compatible file 
>> sharing setup, read more here 
>> http://www.samba.org/samba/what_is_samba.html .   If you have not set up 
>> Samba it's easy:
> 
> I installed and setup Samba and it all seemed to go smoothly.
> I don't believe it is an OS/2 problem, at first I did but now I don't. 
> When OS/2 says it can't connect looking at network->file browser shows 
> only the Windows share not the Samara one that OS/2 uses.  Just this 
> morning when I booted up only the Windows share was shown and I could 
> not connect with Os/2, I rebooted Ubuntu and this time there were two 
> network connections shown and OS/2 connected.
> 
> It is this inconsistent behavior that has me puzzled and I can't seem to 
> find a way to manually enable a connection once I have booted Ubuntu.
...

I do not have OS/2, so can't test. But maybe Win2KPro is close enough.

1. Are both sides using the same workgroup? Meaning ('mshome' or
'workgroup')? It's best if you try to keep them in the same.

2. Win2KPro (via VirtualBox) to a 9.10 also gets 'The network path was
not found'. But I think that's primarily a Win/Samba issue, as I find
the same can occur in other setups.

To overcome this, instead 'Map' the folder to a new drive. In Win2KPro
in Windows Explorer, this is Tools|Map Network Drive|Browse and be sure
to use "Connect using a different user name", follow the prompts to
enter the username and password for the for the Ubuntu machine & you
should then see the Ubuntu shared folder on drive E (whatever).