From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from web6004.mail.yahoo.com([128.11.23.29]) (2004 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:smtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2000 03:57:30 -0400 (EDT) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: (qmail 18241 invoked by uid 60001); 22 Aug 2000 07:57:31 -0000 Message-ID: <20000822075731.18240.qmail@web6004.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [216.6.119.181] by web6004.mail.yahoo.com; Tue, 22 Aug 2000 00:57:31 PDT Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 00:57:31 -0700 (PDT) From: mosh adetoro Subject: Re: RedHat on network To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Cc: chikenwagu@hotmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii List-Id: Thank you kirk. I successfully pinged my workstation and the others using their IP addresses but i couldn't ping them by name. Truth is i donot know how to use or install the SAMBA client. Thank you. Mosh. (daft red hat user) --- Kirk Wood wrote: > Without more detail, there we can't give much > detail. But I would start > with checking TCP/IP connectivity. > > Can you ping another workstation on the same subnet > (use the ip address)? > > Can you ping your own workstation? > > If both of the above work, try pinging by name. > > There are probably four settings all of which have > to be correct to > operate in a typical NT environment. The IP address, > the subnet mask, the > WINS servers, and the DNS servers. > > If you can ping other stations fine, but not access > files, the next place > to look is the SAMBA client. But start with the most > basic first. If you > can't ping, you are not connected correctly. > > -- > Kirk Wood > Cpt.Kirk@1tree.net > ------------------ > > Seek simplicity -- and distrust it. > Alfred North Whitehead > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail – Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/