Hey guys, I’m having an issue with my network and for the life of me I can’t figure it out. I’m trying to network my Win7 Ultimate with my Opensuse 12.3. I’ve been through about 30 different guides on how to set it up and none have worked so far. They are linked via crossover cable, all folders are shared with proper permissions, workgroup is named correctly and usernames and passwords are right. However, on my linux box, I can only see my linux shares and windows doesn’t recognize the network. My linux box keeps telling me wired connection failed. Both computers have firewalls disabled and I know the cable works as when I’m on windows on my linux box (dual boot), it works flawlessly. I don’t get why I can’t connect to either of them on my linux box. Samba seems to have been set up properly and is running but nothing still. Can any one help? I am kinda rusty at Linux atm, so if I ask a lot of questions I’m sorry in advance.
On 2015-04-27 01:46, Leveecius wrote:
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> Hey guys, I’m having an issue with my network and for the life of me I
> can’t figure it out. I’m trying to network my Win7 Ultimate with my
> Opensuse 12.3. I’ve been through about 30 different guides on how to
> set it up and none have worked so far. They are linked via crossover
> cable, all folders are shared with proper permissions, workgroup is
> named correctly and usernames and passwords are right. However, on my
> linux box, I can only see my linux shares and windows doesn’t recognize
> the network. My linux box keeps telling me wired connection failed.
> Both computers have firewalls disabled and I know the cable works as
> when I’m on windows on my linux box (dual boot), it works flawlessly. I
> don’t get why I can’t connect to either of them on my linux box. Samba
> seems to have been set up properly and is running but nothing still.
> Can any one help? I am kinda rusty at Linux atm, so if I ask a lot of
> questions I’m sorry in advance.
Well, the first thing to check is to ping one machine from the other, in
both directions. Then, in the Windows machine you could try “puty” (you
have to install it) to connect to the Linux machine. You get a terminal.
That way you prove that basic networking works.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” (Minas Tirith))
Sounds to me like you have to start with the wired connection failure first. Not sure what desktop you are using. From a terminal (xterm, konsole, etc.) you can su to root, then run ifconfig. You are looking for the eth0 entry and whether it has an ip address. If not then you do not have the network running. You can try “ifdown eth0” and “ifup eth0” to try and cycle the network setup, but more likely you need to go to YAST>Network Settings and make sure the ethernet card is configured and running. You may have driver issues, such as if you have a broadcom network card or one that is not automatically installed properly when linux was installed.
Can’t address Samba issues if the ethernet is not running – you haven’t actually said whether you can run a browser, access the internet, etc. – I’m just responding to your reference to “wired connection failed”.