Intermittent network connection problem

[NoOp]

On 12/16/2009 07:26 PM, NoOp wrote:
> On 12/15/2009 07:37 AM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
>> Fred Roller wrote:
> ...
>>> I don't know why OS/2 would have the connectivity problem.  Have you set 
>>> up "Samba" on the Ubuntu sytem?  Samba is a windows compatible file 
>>> sharing setup, read more here 
>>> http://www.samba.org/samba/what_is_samba.html .   If you have not set up 
>>> Samba it's easy:
>> 
>> I installed and setup Samba and it all seemed to go smoothly.
>> I don't believe it is an OS/2 problem, at first I did but now I don't. 
>> When OS/2 says it can't connect looking at network->file browser shows 
>> only the Windows share not the Samara one that OS/2 uses.  Just this 
>> morning when I booted up only the Windows share was shown and I could 
>> not connect with Os/2, I rebooted Ubuntu and this time there were two 
>> network connections shown and OS/2 connected.
>> 
>> It is this inconsistent behavior that has me puzzled and I can't seem to 
>> find a way to manually enable a connection once I have booted Ubuntu.
> ...
> 
> I do not have OS/2, so can't test. But maybe Win2KPro is close enough.
> 
> 1. Are both sides using the same workgroup? Meaning ('mshome' or
> 'workgroup')? It's best if you try to keep them in the same.
> 
> 2. Win2KPro (via VirtualBox) to a 9.10 also gets 'The network path was
> not found'. But I think that's primarily a Win/Samba issue, as I find
> the same can occur in other setups.
> 
> To overcome this, instead 'Map' the folder to a new drive. In Win2KPro
> in Windows Explorer, this is Tools|Map Network Drive|Browse and be sure
> to use "Connect using a different user name", follow the prompts to
> enter the username and password for the for the Ubuntu machine & you
> should then see the Ubuntu shared folder on drive E (whatever).

Another datapoint that I've found inherent on nearly all Win systems
using Samba; if you click on "Entire Network" and then select the
appropriate workgroup & system from there, it works in most cases. Give
that a try as well.