[olug] Linux Networking Problems

[Jay Swackhamer]

You can check samba connectivity with
smbclient -L IPADDRESS

Printing shouldnt be that hard with samba & cups.

If suse has swat enabled you can setup samba shares/workgroup by
connecting to your machine with a browser
http://localhost:901

If you cannot connect, change 'disable=yes' to 'disable=no' in
/etc/xinetd.d/swat and restart xinetd '/etc/init.d/xinetd stop'
'/etc/init.d/xinetd start'

You can access the cups configuration via a browser http://localhost:631
again, if you cannot access cups check /etc/xinetd.d/cups-lpd for
'disable=no' and restart xinetd

use 'ping' to check local network connectivity, check your default gw
'netstat -nr'

example:
#netstat -nr
Kernel IP routing table
Destination  Gateway         Genmask         Flags   MSS Window  irtt Iface
192.168.0.0  0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U         0 0          0 eth0
127.0.0.0    0.0.0.0         255.0.0.0       U         0 0          0 lo
0.0.0.0      192.168.0.1     0.0.0.0         UG        0 0          0 eth0

also verify your netmask, and make sure your nameservers are correct in
/etc/resolv.conf

Internet connectivity= IP, Gateway, Netmask, resolv.conf


> get rid of the crossover connection, use the router.  Then see if you can
> manually mount the network connection.  smbmount
> //ip-address/network-share /mount-point.  You'll have to do this as root.
> I've had problems trying to browse a network with Suse 9 and I only know 1
> person who's ever gotten network printing to work and it was using
> Mandrake, not Suse.
>
> Good Luck
>
>>
>> From: "Andy Ericson" <aericson at prolinx.net>
>> Date: 2005/12/19 Mon AM 10:43:38 EST
>> To: <olug at olug.org>
>> Subject: [olug] Linux Networking Problems
>>
>> I have tried to connect a Linux Suse 9 system with one running Windows
>> XP, mainly to share a printer. Both systems have ethernet cards which
>> are normally used for internet connections. I replaced the internet
>> connections with a crossover LAN cable. I configured XP for file and
>> printer sharing using a workgroup. When I run Yast, it doesn't see the
>> workgroup on the network nor can I configure a printer  I can ping the
>> two machines from each other so the physical connection is good.
>>
>> When I reconnected the systems to the internet, the internet connection
>> on the Linux system no longer works. I can ping the router which the
>> internet connection goes through. .
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