Networking, CMD, and Terminal

[ionicle]

right, here is the situation

Internet -> Router -> (wired) Downstairs computer (XP Pro)

-> (wired) 8 port hub -> Server (10.0.0.44) (XP Pro)

-> (wireless) Spare laptop (10.0.0.23) (XP MCE)

-> (wireless) Ian Laptop (Linux Ubuntu)

what i would like, is the code to force sharing, on all my computers

i have the drive at location 10.0.0.44/E that i would like to share, i set it to share by right clicking, and going to sharing and security, and doing all that, it had no effect, it cannot be seen by any of the other computers...

but basically, does anyone know the dos code (for the xp machines) and the code for terminal in linux, to force sharing of drives?

thanks

 

[nathan]

i dont think there is a magical code to share everything. Couple of things to look at;

Are all pc's/server on the same workgroup?

when you have enabled sharing (using sharing and security) can you go to start > run and type \\computernamehere and see if the share is available.

 

[Rastalovich]

When u say u can`t see it, have u tried typing "\\10.0.0.44" in the Run thingy ?

 

[ionicle]

what i meant is, from spare laptop, i cannot see \\10.0.0.44\E, and when i try and go to it using firefox, i just get page cannot be found

and yes, they're in the same workgroup...apart from the ubuntu laptop, i dunno if that even has workgroups...

 

[nathan]

what i meant is, from spare laptop, i cannot see \\10.0.0.44\E, and when i try and go to it using firefox, i just get page cannot be found

and yes, they're in the same workgroup...apart from the ubuntu laptop, i dunno if that even has workgroups...

why you trying to use firefox to browse a network share? just goto start > run and type \\computername where computername is the errr the computer name of the computer sharing the content.

Or just do \\10.0.0.44 in run, it should bring up all the shared contents of that computer.

 

[ionicle]

what i did was open firefox

and in the address bar

type "\\10.0.0.44\E"

which timed out

 

[nathan]

what i did was open firefox

and in the address bar

type "\\10.0.0.44\E"

which timed out

why though?

 

[ionicle]

the reason why i did this, is because i go to places, network, windows network, and it shows no items, i had no idea what else to do, if linux cant access then network.........

 

[nathan]

the reason why i did this, is because i go to places, network, windows network, and it shows no items, i had no idea what else to do, if linux cant access then network.........

Right, so your trying to access the windows share from within linux?

Have you checked the share is working ok by doing what was said above?

EDIT: Also, what version of ubuntu you running, is it 7.04?

 

[ionicle]

i just force-enabled it in command prompt with the help of a friend..

the command "net share I=E:\"

did the job, and in linux, i'm trying to mount it as a network share on a folder, with some code joe gave me, but it keeps timing out, it keeps trying different ports and stuff, but to no avail so far,

and ubunto 7.10 gutsy or somthing...

 

[nathan]

i just force-enabled it in command prompt with the help of a friend..

the command "net share I=E:\"

did the job, and in linux, i'm trying to mount it as a network share on a folder, with some code joe gave me, but it keeps timing out, it keeps trying different ports and stuff, but to no avail so far,

and ubunto 7.10 gutsy or somthing...

ok, can you check to see if that command gave access to the user your trying to access the share with. Or if it has given everyone permission.