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Subject: Re: NetBSD->FreeBSD move: samba problem
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Wojciech Puchar wrote:
>>>Have you tried Start --> Run
>>>
>>>\\ipaddress.of.samba.server
>>>
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> 
> works. and AFTER THIS network neighborhood works too.
> 
> any idea?
> 
> i think that (as unusally) windoze is a problem

Yup. All I can say is that I've found this to work with reluctant 
Windoze clients. I assume they are just *incredibly* slow to discover 
the network.

Give them a week or two switched on, plugged into the network, doing 
nothing, and they'd probably be fine on their own...

cc'ing to the list in case it helps anyone else.


Peter.

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> 
> 
>>>from the Windows machine? Might help narrow the problem down to
>>>netbios/browsing issues if it does find the machine.
>>>
>>>Peter.
>>>
>>
>>wait a bit
>>
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>