Topic: Windows 2K domain disappears

[Ray Ferguson]

I have E-smith 3.1 installed on a Pentium 75 with 32Meg of RAM and I have a small home network with an external 56k modem installed on the E-Smith server. I also have a Windows 2K RC-1 server on the network along with a couple of Win 95 boxes and a Win 98 box. After I installed E-smith everything worked great even the Samba stuff. I did have some problems with connect scripts but that was because I have a non-PAP ISP. Anyway, after installation my Win2k domain became invisible to all the client boxes. Didn't matter if I had the E-Smith box set as Gateway on the clients or not.
   I had DHCP turned of on the E-Smith server and I have only Microsoft Client, IPX, and TCP/IP protocols running on the clients. The Win2k server is only running TCP/IP. Any suggestions?

Thanks and have a Great Day!

[Charlie Brady]

Ray Ferguson wrote:

>  I did have some problems with connect
> scripts but that was because I have a non-PAP ISP.

Please send Joe some email with a description of the changes. We need to collect information about dialup problems so that we can produce the best solution for the largest number of users. Odd to find a non-PAP ISP. How do Windows lusers manage?

> Anyway,
> after installation my Win2k domain became invisible to all the
> client boxes. Didn't matter if I had the E-Smith box set as
> Gateway on the clients or not. I had DHCP turned of on the
> E-Smith server and I have only Microsoft Client, IPX, and
> TCP/IP protocols running on the clients. The Win2k server is
> only running TCP/IP. Any suggestions?

Firstly turn off IPX on the clients if you are not using it for anything. Read the samba documentation at http://www.samba.org/ about master browsers, browse lists etc. Start with the Introduction to Samba (Sounds like Latin American Dance 101 ).

Let us know if you solve the problem....

Charlie

[Luke Drumm]

Just my 1 and half cents worth...

> Odd to find a non-PAP ISP. How do Windows lusers manage?



An example:
Due due the nature of the international backbone of the CompuServe network, a small bit of scripting is required to start PPP negotation.

Hence... the Windows/Dial Up Scripting tool. It's not flash. It's not much fun. It's a bit of a dog but truth be known it's about as friendly as any linux variation of the theme that I've seen.

Dealing with dialup connections seems to a very very low common denominator amonst OS's. Could this be a niche market just ready for the tapping?

[Charlie Brady]

Luke Drumm wrote:

> An example: Due due the nature of the international backbone of
> the CompuServe network, a small bit of scripting is required to
> start PPP negotation.

Care to contribute what you ended up with? For the FAQ, and maybe as an option in future?

> Dealing with dialup connections seems to a very very low common
> denominator amonst OS's. Could this be a niche market just
> ready for the tapping?

Perhaps, but there is already plenty on the wish list. And because e-smith is open technology when you get stuck, as you did, there is
still a solution.

Charlie

[Charlie Brady]

Charlie Brady wrote:

> Read the samba documentation at http://www.samba.org/
> about master browsers, browse lists etc. Start with the
> Introduction to Samba (Sounds like Latin American Dance 101
> ).

If no-one else has suggested it yet, change "domain master" from
"yes" to "no" in /etc/e-smith/templates/etc/smb.conf and /etc/smb.conf. See how that goes.

Charlie