From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 5 16:23:41 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA21746 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 16:23:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA21729 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 16:23:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@awfulhak.org) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.demon.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA03884; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 23:44:19 GMT Message-Id: <199711052344.XAA03884@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Thomas.Traylor@mci.com cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Samba, PPP, and Win95 In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 04 Nov 1997 08:48:19 MST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 05 Nov 1997 23:44:19 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > Has anyone setup a FreeBSD system running Samba that allows Win95 > dialups access to the Samba server? ie. disk services. If so would > you mind sharing what you did with me? > > I've tried serveral things, with little success. Win95 is able to > make a TCP/IP connection, but is unable to see the Samba server. > > Any suggestions? Is nmbd broadcasting on the ppp interface ? I suspect not. Your best bet is to assign the ppp client an IP from your ethernet network and put ``enable proxy'' in your ppp config file. This way nmbd is already broadcasting on the network that the ppp client becomes a part of. > Thanks, > > Tom > > -- > Thomas Traylor > Thomas.Traylor@mci.com > ttraylor@titan.mcit.com > (719) 535-1269 -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....