connect to workgroup

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#1

I simply need to connect to the windows network called workgroup.

my router is 192.168.1.1 and I can connect to it.

There is not a windows network visable in network

#2

gateway:/home/gordon # rcSuSEfirewall2 status
Checking the status of SuSEfirewall2 running

gateway:/home/gordon # cat /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2 | grep FW_SERVICES_EXT_UDP=
FW_SERVICES_EXT_UDP=“netbios-dgm netbios-ns”

FW_SERVICES_EXT_UDP=“isakmp”

gateway:/home/gordon # cat /etc/samba/smb.conf | grep workgroup
workgroup = WORKGROUP

gateway:/home/gordon # cat /etc/samba/smb.conf | grep 'netbios name =
>

#3

On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:26:01 GMT
frenchsquared <frenchsquared@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:

>
> gateway:/home/gordon # rcSuSEfirewall2 status
> Checking the status of SuSEfirewall2
> running
>
> gateway:/home/gordon # cat /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2 | grep
> FW_SERVICES_EXT_UDP=
> FW_SERVICES_EXT_UDP=“netbios-dgm netbios-ns”
> # FW_SERVICES_EXT_UDP=“isakmp”
>
> gateway:/home/gordon # cat /etc/samba/smb.conf | grep workgroup
> workgroup = WORKGROUP
>
> gateway:/home/gordon # cat /etc/samba/smb.conf | grep 'netbios name =
> >
>
>

Inferring you meant to view the computers on your lan in the windows
workgroup 'workgroup ?

what “network” ?

What are you using to ‘look’ for these workgroup computers?

Are you using opensuse?

What Version of Opensuse?

What Desktop Manager? KDE 3.5? KDE 4.x? GNOME? Other?

What program are you using? dolphin? konqueror? smb4k? smbclient?

Yes, your firewall’s up, and it has the netbios ports opened (oxymoron there!)

You’ve given us very little information.

Connect… in what manner? To see the computers? To see the shares? To
connect to a share? To print to a shared printer? To read/write from/to a
shared subdirectory?

Loni

–
L R Nix
lornix@lornix.com

#4

Looks like the firewall is configured for Samba and that the file smb.conf is set for the workgroup “WORKGROUP”.

It might be appropriate to check that the firewall is set to receive Samba broadcasts from the windows computers. If you are using the openSUSE 11.0, there should be a new entry in SuSEfirewall2 that goes like this:
FW_SERVICES_ACCEPT_RELATED_EXT=“0/0,udp,137”
Are you using openSUSE 11.0?
You can check the Samba broadcasts from windows comps with this console command:
cat /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2 | grep FW_SERVICES_ACCEPT_RELATED_EXT=
and see what it returns.

#5

Afterthought: and of course it’s hard to tell what your setup and your environment is, as noted by lornix

#6

openSuse 11, just installed
gnome newest

network is both wired and wireless. I am currently dealing with wired. Will worry about wireless later.

#7

linux-fh7k:/home/gordon # cat /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2 | grep FW_SERVICES_ACCEPT_RELATED_EXT=
FW_SERVICES_ACCEPT_RELATED_EXT=""
linux-fh7k:/home/gordon #

#8

You’ve got a part of the firewall shut off:
Go to Yast → Security and Users → Broadcast and click the
“Add” button. Clear the “Network” entry, and enter the string for your
Trusted Network: 192.168.1.0/24 Leave the “Zone” as “External Zone” and
the “Service” as “Samba Browsing”.

Then check if you can get broadcast replies with this command in a console:

smbtree -NS
#9

gordon@linux-4olk:~> smbtree -NS
failed negprot
failed negprot
gordon@linux-4olk:~>

#10

I am disabling the firewall all together.
I have a firewall around my router.