[sclug] Fwd: Linking an XP box and Debian box via router

[Neil Haughton]

Still going...

There's another hiccup. I can't seem to see my printer from the XP box. I
can see the debian machine in the local workgroup, I can access the folders
I have told Samba to share, but although I have configured CUPS (as root) to
allow printer sharing with


cupsctl --share-printers


but the XP Add Printers tool can only see down as far as my debian box, not
the attached printer. Printer is on and working all that stuff.

What else do I need to do to 'expose' my debian printer server to the XP
box?

TIA

Neil.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Neil Haughton <haughtonomous at googlemail.com>
Date: 2 July 2011 09:43
Subject: Fwd: [sclug] Linking an XP box and Debian box via router
To: sclug at sclug.org.uk


Actually cancel that - I have got shares working in both directions, so
mission accomplished.

Thanks for the pointers (even if the problem more or less resolved itself!)

Neil.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Neil Haughton <haughtonomous at googlemail.com>
Date: 2 July 2011 09:22
Subject: Re: [sclug] Linking an XP box and Debian box via router
To: Alex Butcher <lug at assursys.co.uk>


The submasks are all 255.255.255.0.

Actually today I see I can now ping both ways (!!). Perhaps there was a
wireless drop out when I was attempting it yesterday. Who knows? Anyway it
appears that the machines can see each other.

I can also now see Windows shares from the Debian box, so that leaves the
question of what I need to do to be able to make folders on the Debian box
sharable from a WinXP box. Can someone give me some tips on what to do?

TIA

Neil.



On 2 July 2011 08:25, Alex Butcher <lug at assursys.co.uk> wrote:

> On Fri, 1 Jul 2011, Neil Haughton wrote:
>
>  Small problem here: I have a WinXP box (wifey's) and my debian box both
>> hooked up to a router-modem, so we can both access t'internet. That bit
>> works okay.
>>
>> Now we want to move files between them, and also allow the XP box to
>> access
>> the printer attached to my Debian box. Should be simple but it won't work.
>> I
>> can ping WinXP -> debian  but not debian -> WinXP. Nor can my Deb box see
>> shared folders on the XP box, although I have Samba installed. I have
>> checked that the router shows both machines are attached.
>>
>> I am probably being a numpty but my hair is silver and I'm getting slow
>> :-(
>> and I have obviously missed something vital - can anyone suggest what that
>> missing link might be?
>>
>> I ought to mention that neither box has its own firewall running - that
>> job
>> is delegated to the router.
>>
>
> My money's on mismatched network masks. Double check those on both Debian
> and XP machines, and your router.
>
>  TIA
>>
>> Neil.
>>
>
> HTH,
> Alex
>