[Wylug-help] network problem - home visit in Headingley?

[Don Magee]

Hi


I don't know anything about QNAP TS-109 NAS. But if windows can see it 
it is probably emulating a windows shared drive. If this is so, you 
should be able to mount it on a linux system with

mount -t cifs  <name of server>:<name of share> <mount point>


Regards

Don Magee








On 12/11/2010 12:04 PM, nigel white wrote:
> Dear Linux fans
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> The Ubuntu machine on my wired network is not talking to my NAS.
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> If any kind person is able to do a home visit in Headingley, I will be
> happy to negotiate payment in booze, a meal or cash..... I wanted to
> learn to configure linux myself, but this has got me pulling my hair out
> to the point where I have given up.
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> Here's what I have tried already -
> 1. Hours and hours of work at home, on my own
> 2. Took my gear to 2 Installfest days at YLUG, in Nov 08 and Nov 09. The
> folks there were very helpful, but when I got home, the network
> environment, running under my own router/gateway, is different, so the
> things the YLUG set up for me didn't work. Hence the request for a home
> visit.
> 3. Tried to employ a linux-enabled computer guy. He never got round to
> visiting. I think he got scared!
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> For the curious, further details follow. The network is entirely wired.
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> I have -
> - Ubuntu 8.04 running on a laptop
> - Win XP running on a desktop
> - a QNAP TS-109 NAS which is powered by linux. www.qnap.com
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> Windows can mostly use the NAS, but Ubuntu can't. I am wanting Ubuntu to
> be able to read and write to the NAS via file browser, terminal window
> and network-enabled programs.
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> As you will guess I am a linux newbie though I have been using Ubuntu
> daily for over 2 years. Its easy to use but hard to configure!
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> Any help gratefully received.
>
> Many thanks
> Nigel White
> administrator of www.headingley.org
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