Network Problem

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Hi, I try to connect 2 Suse-Linux computers at home but no success until now. With samba I get 'Could not connect to host for smb://[domain]. To make it more easy I tried NFS now and configered an Server on each machine. However the NFS-Clients do not see the NFS Servers. For Example under YAST-NFS Client the Server on the other machine is not found. Firewall disabling in YAST NFS has been done.

After editing /etc/hosts ping works now, but not the rest. Any hints or tips for good descriptions are welcome, thanks

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You could try in knonqueror

fish://remotename*@remote IP/home

eg:
fish://dumbassPC@192.168.0.100/home

you need ssh enabled
you can then set up: Public Key Authentication - openSUSE

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From where are you trying to connect to those computers? Are you on the same subnet?

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Yes same subnet. In the YAST NFS Client when ‘Choose’ NFS Server YAST scans the LAN for NFS Servers but doesn’t find any.

However entering the names from /etc/hosts directly NFS works now. I’m still puzzled why YAST doesnt find the servers.

Choosing the same workgroup in any samba configuration it works in one direction now, but not in the other. Is there any other prerequisite than /etc/hosts ?

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It is a firewall issue. Without firewall konquerer finds the workgroups. Question: what ports do I have to open in the firewall to find window workgroups in the LAN. It it not the samba server firewall setting.

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On Sun October 12 2008 12:16 pm, tobiasw2 wrote:

>
> Yes same subnet. In the YAST NFS Client when ‘Choose’ NFS Server YAST
> scans the LAN for NFS Servers but doesn’t find any.
>
> However entering the names from /etc/hosts directly NFS works now. I’m
> still puzzled why YAST doesnt find the servers.
>
> Choosing the same workgroup in any samba configuration it works in one
> direction now, but not in the other. Is there any other prerequisite
> than /etc/hosts ?
>
>
tobiasw2;
With regards to Samba. Are you using KDE4? If so there are known issues with
KDE4 and Samba. If not check your /etc/samba/smb.conf and firewall setting
against the recommendations at: http://www.swerdna.net.au/linux.html. Samba can
resolve names by broadcast so hosts is less of an issue

–
P. V.
Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum.

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On Sun October 12 2008 01:16 pm, tobiasw2 wrote:

>
> It is a firewall issue. Without firewall konquerer finds the workgroups.
> Question: what ports do I have to open in the firewall to find window
> workgroups in the LAN. It it not the samba server firewall setting.
>
>
Tobiasw2;

TCP: 135,139,445
UDP: 137, 138

P. V.
Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum.

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quote from link above: Name Resolution: Suse’s default install of Samba does not allow adequate LAN browsing (name resolution) when hosts/workstations are individually firewalled.

Thats it. Thank you. Think I can figure out the rest.