Samba checklist...

[kgleason at ma.ultranet.com (Kevin M. Gleason)]

Pete,
Did ping loopback ... so stack is working. Tried to ping IP and that failed.
Did reinstal from scratch...can't recognize NIC.

Kevin

Pete Loshin wrote:

> It sounds as if you need to sort out general Linux connectivity first and
> then deal with Samba. Try a ping to loopback (127.0.0.1); if that doesn't
> work, the stack is not working. Also, you don't indicate whether you're
> pinging an IP address or a hostname; if the latter, try the former. Also,
> try the various online resources for Linux networking. Also, reinstalling
> from scratch (especially if things are all screwed up by attempts to make
> things work) is sometimes helpful (though not always practical I suppose).
>
> As for cards, I can't make any general recommendations, but you can buy
> "standard" ones from any computer store, online from any computer vendor,
> or even at Staples.
>
> Finally, "reply" to discuss at BLU.org messages replies only to the original
> sender; reply to all gets the original sender + discuss at blu.org to make
> sure followups go to the list.
>
> hope that helped
> -pl
>
> At 04:03 PM 12/9/99 -0500, Kevin M. Gleason wrote:
> >Tried going there and got some good advice only....can't ping my Linux
> >machine from itself. I've swapped out cards and still can't. I did a
> >reinstall and can get none of my cards to get recognized (guess they never
> >did). What card would you suggest, low cost, readily available? Where get?
> >
> >Kevin
> >
> >Pete Loshin wrote:
> >
> >> At 07:32 AM 12/9/99 -0500, Kevin M. Gleason wrote:
> >> >Does anyone have or know of a checklist of steps to install samba in an
> >> >internal LAN? ...
> >>
> >> Try this site, he's got a .pdf of a very helpful Samba cookbook:
> >>
> >> http://members.xoom.com/dansgold/
>
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