Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 13:56:30 -0400 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: 'rick hamell' <hamellr@dsinw.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Not able to see FreeBSD machines on NT machine Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105879@site2s1>
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Well, as I said before, I use only TCP/IP and have no browsing problems = at all. Maybe it's a configuration error, especially where samba is = concerned, as it can be touchy at times. As far as keep-alives, you may want to = run tcpdump on the unix machine and see just that the packets are, and then filter them from causing keep-alives or dialups in your ppp.conf. I'm willing to bet it's either an odd DNS lookup, or a SMB packet that is = being sent over the link for some strange reason. I deny anything going over ports 137-139 over my link to the outside world, and about once a every = week or two there will be a blocked packet or two that one of the machines = tried to send over the link. Don't ask me why because I have no idea. Keep in mind that FreeBSD doesn't even speak NetBEUI (or IPX/SPX for = the most part) and therefore actually causes more problems for the samba browsing when you have it installed. Windows likes to default to = NetBEUI and when it can't contact the samba server via NetBEUI (which it never = will since it's not supported) it then has to fall back to TCP/IP. Windows doesn't always do this gracefully though. As a matter of fact, the company where I work runs strictly TCP/IP and = there are thousands of computers on this network. Browsing works fine. -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: rick hamell [SMTP:hamellr@dsinw.com] > Sent: Sunday, May 09, 1999 1:35 PM > To: John K > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RE: Not able to see freebsd machines on NT machine >=20 >=20 > > On a side note: > > I heard somewhere that the Mircosoft IP stack includes NetBios > information > > in it=B4s TCP/IP headers ( //Computernames and so on) and that this = is why > > you can "browse the network" even if there=B4s no NetBeui on your=20 > > windows box. >=20 > If there is, I don't think it's terribly reliable. :) I unluckily=20 > still end up putting NetBIOS on if I need to share resources between=20 > Windows machines. I tried to share with just TCP/IP but when you go = to=20 > network neighborhood it's hit or miss if it'll see anything. Once = you've=20 > actually got things connected it seems a little more reliable.=20 > Now, what I'd like to know is there any was I can kill=20 > Windows95's keep alive packets. I.e. when I have a dial-up connection = > (ppp with the -auto and -alias options,) with a time set up, Windows = 9X=20 > seems to ping the network and keeps it alive. :( >=20 > Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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