Windows XP Home Edition - File sharing

[Thomas Gommes]

Hi Everyone,

I have set up a home network with a Linux server connected to the
internet and acting as a file/print server for two workstations running
Windows XP Home edition. I was planning to use Samba for setting up
network drives but I discovered that smb is not supported by XP home
edition. Since I do not want to upgrade to the profesional edition.

Is there any other way of sharing files with such configuration. I was
thinking of using NFS but I would be surprised if supported by XP Home.

Thanks!

Tom

 

[Ron Lowe]

Hi Everyone,

I have set up a home network with a Linux server connected to the internet
and acting as a file/print server for two workstations running Windows XP
Home edition. I was planning to use Samba for setting up network drives
but I discovered that smb is not supported by XP home edition. Since I do
not want to upgrade to the profesional edition.

Is there any other way of sharing files with such configuration. I was
thinking of using NFS but I would be surprised if supported by XP Home.

Thanks!

Tom

SMB is used by XP Home for File and print sharing.
Wherever you "discovered" that is wrong.

Have you tried to set it up?
If so, what works and what doesn't?
What error messages do you get?

 

[Thomas Gommes]

Hi Ron,

good to hear, Samba was my prefered solution. I can ping hosts from both
sides and the Windows client receives correct IP address, DNS and WINS
address.

Setting the workgroup and computer name under "My computer ->
Properties" seems OK (I guess; no error message). When I try to map a
network drive and browse to it I can scroll down up to the workgroup but
cannot see the share.

I tried executing "net use \\SMB_SRV" on the XP client and it returned
error 53 "no network path found " (approwimate translation; not sure
what is the exact error in English). Ping works OK between the two as
well as name resolution; I switched off firewalls on both sides on the
LAN an IP routing is OK.

Thanks,

Tom

 

[Ron Lowe]

Hi Ron,

good to hear, Samba was my prefered solution. I can ping hosts from both
sides and the Windows client receives correct IP address, DNS and WINS
address.

Setting the workgroup and computer name under "My computer -> Properties"
seems OK (I guess; no error message). When I try to map a network drive
and browse to it I can scroll down up to the workgroup but cannot see the
share.

I tried executing "net use \\SMB_SRV" on the XP client and it returned
error 53 "no network path found " (approwimate translation; not sure what
is the exact error in English). Ping works OK between the two as well as
name resolution; I switched off firewalls on both sides on the LAN an IP
routing is OK.

Thanks,

Tom

The syntax would be "net use * \\SMB_SRV\Sharename"

You need to specify a local drive letter to use, or * to use next available.
You also need to specify the share name, not just the server name.

( That is an underscore SMB_SRV, not a space, yes?
Don't use spaces in NetBIOS names... )

If you are still getting the error, the error 53 it typically a name
resolution issue.
Can you ping SMB_SRV by both IP address and netbios name?

ping 192.168.0.10
ping SMB_SRV

Then, can you enumerate the shares on the machine?

net view \\SMB_SRV