Intermittent network connection problem

[Jim Byrnes]

NoOp wrote:
> On 12/16/2009 07:26 PM, NoOp wrote:
>> 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).
> 
> Another datapoint that I've found inherent on nearly all Win systems
> using Samba; if you click on "Entire Network" and then select the
> appropriate workgroup & system from there, it works in most cases. Give
> that a try as well.
> 
> 
> 

Based on my experiences over the last couple of days I don't believe it 
is an OS/2 problem. I don't have a lot of network expertise so I will 
have to express this in layman's terms. Sometimes when Ubuntu boots it 
does not initialize Samaba so there is nothing for other machines to 
connect to.  I believe this because if I use the Network file browser 
when I cannot connect there is only a Windows network shown, but the 
times I can connect there is a Samba and a Windows network displayed. If 
I cannot connect the only solution I have found is to reboot Ubuntu 
until I can connect.

I actually have XP running in VirtualBox already.  I know that when I 
can connect with OS/2 I can connect with XP.  Because now after I boot 
Ubuntu I check to see what network connections are available I have not 
actually tested trying to connect with XP when OS/2 won't. I will test 
this the next time I cannot connect with OS/2.

Thanks,  Jim