From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 00:00:25 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1542 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Saturday 01 September 2007 Number 1542 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 OS/2, XP, AIX Networking issues : Chris Graham [WarpSpeed]" **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2007 12:40:22 +1000 (EST) From: "Chris Graham [WarpSpeed]" Subject: OS/2, XP, AIX Networking issues Hi All, I've got a number of networking issues that I simply can not solve. So, I'm asking for help. Because XP's implementation of NetBIOS is so slow, and obviously pure NetBIOS will not work with Samba, I'm slowly trying to move my networking protocols across to a pure NetBIOS over TCP/IP (ie TCPBeui). Firstly, let me describe the setup: A public C class address block (203.27.78.0), all machines sit in this block, behind a firewall. The primary internet server is inet. inet OS/2 WSeB 4.50 203.27.78.4, and also aliased as ..5, .6 and .7. Has netbios only. Was the primary domain controller, but is now the backup to main. If I add TCPBEUI I get kernet traps... :-( The secondary (for most things) is main. main OS/2 WSeB 4.52 203.27.78.129 and also aliased as ..40 Has netbios and tcpbeui. This is now listed as the primary domain controller. The first XP box, the wife's box (KATENEW) is DHCP assigned and is ok. It has tcpbeui and netbios. The new XP box (is the one that has all of the problems) is DEV. Only has the standard XP tcpbeui (I've not added the XP Netbios protocol to it, and I'm trying to avoid doing so). I have the BROWSER service running on MAIN, so I don't need to modify the XP box's registeries to modify the LMAnnounce setting. KATENEW shows up in NET VIEW commands (DEV does not). However, from MAIN, I can specifically view DEV's resources and NET USE them. [C:\]net view Server Name Remark ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- \\INET Internet Machine \\KATENEW \\MAIN Main Machine - Backup Domain Controller The command completed successfully. [C:\]net view \\DEV Shared resources at \\DEV Chris's Dev Box Netname Type Used as Comment ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- C-DRIVE Disk SharedDocs Disk The command completed successfully. Why does DEV now show up in the browse lists??? Also, and this is one of the most intriguing problems that I've got, is why does DEV report a lot of network path not found errors??? C:\>net view System error 6118 has occurred. The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently available C:\>net view Server Name Remark ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- \\DEV Chris's Dev Box \\INET3 Samba 3.0.25a \\KATENEW \\MAIN Main Machine - Backup Domain Controller The command completed successfully. C:\>net view \\MAIN System error 53 has occurred. The network path was not found. I get spurious 6118 errors? Anyone have a clue as to why? I can not get DEV to see or use anything else on the network. Why? Also, the more astute of you will see that there is an additional box in the list from DEV's perspective, namely INET3. INET3 is an AIX 5.3 box running Samba on it. Why do the OS/2 boxes not see it in the browser lists? MAIN can see the resources on INET3: [C:\]net view \\INET3 Shared resources at \\INET3 Samba 3.0.25a Netname Type Used as Comment ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- test Disk Public share The command completed successfully. I have used the defaults of B-Node for TCPBEUI on MAIN. What should it be? It has been about 10 years since I've setup and used the netbios names list etc (RFCNAMES.LST), and I've forgotten it all. I've asked a lot of questions here, and hopefully someone can help me by starting at one and we'll work through them all. Help! Thanks to anyone that can. -Chris WarpSpeed Computers - The Graham Utilities for OS/2. Voice: +61-3-9395-1504 Internet: chrisg at warpspeed dot com dot au FAX: +61-3-9395-7633 Web Page: http://www.warpspeed dot com dot au Postal: WarpSpeed Computers, PO Box 4293, Hoppers Crossing DC, VIC 3029, AUSTRALIA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------