An "ipconfig /all" shows the same results for both the functioning client machine and the non-functioning client machines.
My primary DNS server is the samba server. It's (Anar) 192.168.0.2. I can ping by hostname from Anar (192.168.0.2) -> Frodo(192.168.0.103). However, even though Frodo shows 192.168.0.2 as its primary DNS/WINS server, if I attempt to ping Anar from Frodo by hostname, rather then by IP address, Frodo can't resolve the hostname.
The only difference that I can see is that the client that is working is physically closer. It connects into the same hub, while the failing clients are two hubs away.
I have another DHCP server in the network. The DirecWay satellite modem has one built in, but none of the clients use that one. My dhcp setting, which are what show up with a ipconfig command, show the modem as the default gateway, and secondary WINS server, but the Anar (192.168.0.2) box as the primary DNS and primary WINS server.
I'm guessing that if I can figure out how to get the client machines to properly resolve the DNS hostname lookup, that the samba problems will also be resolved. As a mentioned before, this was working without problem on FC2. I'm guessing that during the upgrade / update process, one of the configuration files got stepped on. I've had several people check the smb.conf and that one appears functional. /etc/resolve.conf appears reasonable. Qian Qiao looked over my dhcpd.conf (thank-you muchly) and didn't spot anything. Any suggestions on where to attack this next?
According to the Ubunto distro-review that was posted earlier, he had a somewhat similar problem on his Ubunto distro, with network problems occurring roughly 15 minutes after restarting the network. I've seen the same symptoms on FC3 with some of the client machines. He resolved it by downloading resolveconf, pump (to replace DHCP) and dnsmasq. I haven't gone that far yet. He also had problems with up2date crashing half-way through. I tried Dag's smart but kept getting script failures (sorry Dag). I didn't try yum. After being up all night, I finally got apt-get to work in the end. 614 MBytes of updates ... sheez!
-- A. Rick Anderson
# Samba config file created using SWAT # from 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) # Date: 2004/10/11 17:28:51 # Global parameters [global] workgroup = GALARIK netbios name = %h server string = %h/%L A Samba Server, version %v obey pam restrictions = Yes password server = None pam password change = Yes passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully* username map = /etc/samba/smbusers unix password sync = Yes log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log max log size = 0 name resolve order = wins,hosts,lmhosts,bcast time server = Yes socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 printcap name = /etc/printcap domain logons = Yes os level = 60 preferred master = Yes domain master = Yes wins proxy = Yes wins support = Yes idmap uid = 16777216-33554431 idmap gid = 16777216-33554431 guest ok = Yes printing = lprng print command = lpr -r -P'%p' %s lpq command = lpq -P'%p' lprm command = lprm -P'%p' %j lppause command = lpc hold '%p' %j lpresume command = lpc release '%p' %j queuepause command = lpc stop '%p' queueresume command = lpc start '%p' [homes] comment = Home Directories valid users = %S writeable = yes create mask = 0664 directory mask = 0775 browseable = No [netlogon] comment = Network Logon Service path = /home/netlogon share modes = No [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba printable = Yes browseable = No [tmp] comment = Temporary file space path = /tmp guest ok = yes writeable = yes [public] comment = Shared Directories path = /home/public writeable = yes guest ok = yes guest only = Yes [readerware] comment = Readerware Database path = /home/readerware/readerware writeable = yes create mask = 0766 guest only = Yes hide dot files = No
; generated by /sbin/dhclient-script search galarik.org nameserver 198.77.116.8 nameserver 192.168.0.2 nameserver 66.82.4.8
default-lease-time 28800;
max-lease-time 86400;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option routers 192.168.0.1;
option domain-name-servers 192.168.0.2, 198.77.116.8;
option netbios-name-servers 192.168.0.2, 192.168.0.1;
option broadcast-address 192.168.0.255;
option domain-name "galarik.org";
ddns-update-style interim;
subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 {
range 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.250;
host Illuvatar {
hardware ethernet 00:0C:76:B2:A3:32;
fixed-address 192.168.0.100;
}
host Sauron {
hardware ethernet 00:01:02:85:EC:D0;
fixed-address 192.168.0.101;
}
host Bilbo {
hardware ethernet 00:07:95:D5:FC:08;
fixed-address 192.168.0.102;
}
host Frodo {
hardware ethernet 00:0A:E6:7C:CE:85;
fixed-address 192.168.0.103;
}
host Thorin {
hardware ethernet 00:60:67:2C:9E:17;
fixed-address 192.168.0.104;
}
host Eru {
hardware ethernet 00:0F:1F:22:A4:91;
fixed-address 192.168.0.15;
}
host Balin {
hardware ethernet 00:20:35:DE:55:E4;
fixed-address 192.168.0.16;
}
host Gimli {
hardware ethernet 00:20:35:DE:55:D4;
fixed-address 192.168.0.17;
}
host Samwise {
hardware ethernet 00:50:04:FC:ED:0F;
fixed-address 192.168.0.18;
}
host Ori {
hardware ethernet 00:08:AD:B4:9C:57;
fixed-address 192.168.0.20;
}
host Ainu {
hardware ethernet 00:09:6B:86:FF:2B;
fixed-address 192.168.0.21;
}
host Aman {
hardware ethernet 44:45:53:54:42:00;
fixed-address 192.168.0.23;
}
}
