Re: local network problem

[Marcelo Chiapparini <marcelo.chiappa@gmail.com>]

Bob McGowan wrote:
> Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 04:24:17PM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote:
> > > Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 09:56:40AM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote:
> > > > > Hello!
> > > > >
> > > > > I am running etch at home in two machines: a desktop and a laptop. 
> > > > > Both
> > > > > are connected to the web trough a switch witch is connected to a 
> > > > > modem.
> > > > > Both machines work fine regarding the internet. I want to
> > > > > connect both in a lan configuration. For this purpose I installed 
> > > > > samba  in both machines, and created a folder in each machine which 
> > > > > can be  shared trough the network. Now the desktop see itself in 
> > > > > the network but  doesn't see the laptop. The laptop see the desktop 
> > > > > but doesn't see  itself. It appears that the laptop is invisible in 
> > > > > the network. What  could be wrong with the laptop configuration?
> > > Thank you very much for your answer Andrew,
>
> << NFS discussion deleted >>
>
> > A
>
> This sounds like it could be a firewall problem, perhaps the laptop has 
> blocked the ports used by Samba?


Bob,

in fact, it was an install problem in the laptop. The installation of 
samba was broken in some way. I found the solution in the web (thanks to 
google and unbuntu forums) and after reinstalling samba everything is 
working fine now!

Cheers

Marcelo

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Marcelo Chiapparini