Samba problem

[Brian Chase]

Steven,

To be more precise, you're not on the same network.  Sounds like you're 
using a VPN to connect the network in NJ to the one in NY.

Most routers do not pass NETBIOS by default, even over a VPN.  NETBIOS, 
also called SMB(Server Message Block) or SAMBA are all synonomous with 
the windows networking protocol allowing mounting Windows shares and 
Network Neighborhood browsing based on his windows computer name rather 
than host IP address, as in TCP/IP.

Check with the person who set up your VPN and get them to enable NETBIOS 
on the VPN only to/from NY/NJ, ports 137-139.

Cheers,

BC

Steven J. Brown wrote:

> I have desktop computers running Windows 2000 at 2 locations (one in New 
> York, the other in New Jersey).  Both are on the same network.  I have a 
> notebook computer running Fedora Core.  I can ping the other computers 
> from the notebook.  I can also remotely control them using various VNC 
> clients.  However, my problem is with mounting the shared drives of the 
> desktop computers on my notebook.  Only the computer at the location 
> where I connect my notebook can be mounted.  The distant computer gives 
> me an 'SMB connection failed' error message.
> 
> lines from /etc/fstab (passwords fake):
> 
> //sbrown/C$             /home/sbrown/ny         smbfs   
> username=sbrown,password=abcdefg,rw
> //sbrownvldc/D$         /home/sbrown/nj         smbfs   
> username=sbrown,password=abcdefg,rw
> 
> Using the mount command at the command line also fails.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
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