Network

[Ross Schoenauer]

NoOp wrote:
> On 01/27/2010 04:31 PM, Ross Schoenauer wrote:
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>> Johnneylee Rollins wrote:
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>>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Ross Schoenauer <ross_s at cmc.net> wrote:
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>>>>    NETWORKING PROBLEM
>>>>
>>>>    I have 5 computers running a mix of  ubuntu 9.10 and linux mint
>>>> Gloria on a wired home network.  None of these computers will network
>>>> with each other. The all go on line and surf the web ok.  When I click
>>>> the networking icon it will go to 'windows networking', and I click
>>>> that, which takes me to 'workgroup'.  I click that and it states
>>>> 'opening workgroup and then states 'unable to mount workgroup'. I can
>>>> ping all the other computers on my network.
>>>> I am stumped on what to do.  Thanks for your help.
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> You need samba installed.
>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpSamba
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>> I installed samba "sudo apt-get install samba". On one of my computers 
>> it removed a bunch of left over junk and then installed samba ok.  Prity 
>> much the same results as before. I have used ubuntu from the 7.xx days.  
>> On those older systems net working worked right out of the box.  I 
>> always had  a samba entry in system-administrator which I could click to 
>> configure samba.  The newer the system the harder it got to network.  I 
>> do not have a entry for samba in system-administrator on any of my 
>> computers.  The other computers all showed samba lnstalled and up to 
>> date when I ran "sudo apt-get install samba".
>> Still stumped.   Ross
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>
> So do you have any shared folders? Open Nautilus, right-click on a
> folder you wish to share, select Properties|Share and elect to 'Share
> this folder'. Doesn't do any good to install samba if you've nothing to
> share...
>
> The newer the system/version the easier it is to perform samba sharing.
> I've systems with Hardy, Jaunty, Karmic, Win2K, WinXP, and Win7 and can
> honestly say that I have zero issues sharing amongst them with the
> improvements in Karmic. I've not had to modify a samba config file since
> Hardy/Intrepid - Samba does just work 'out-of-the-box' these days (in
> karmic) IMO.
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Yes i have shared folders on all computers.  Network will not see any 
other computers.  All I get is "unable to mount workgroup". This happens 
with all of my computers.

?????????????????   Ross.