[KLUG Members] samba server can be browsed but not pinged

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> > > > To make it work seemlessly you need to either hand the server a static
> > > > IP address from the DHCP server and add it to the local DNS (assuming
> > > > your using some kind of split-horizon) 
> > > By "add it to the local DNS" do you mean add it to the "hosts" file on
> > > the firewall (which distributes DHCP)?  
> Some progress: I can now see the Samba Server in a browse list on
> several Win machines, and can ping it by name and IP address.  But,
> trying to open it I get either a network error (Win 98 box) or a No
> Service error (Win XP).  The XP box says "No service is operating at the
> destination network endpoint on the remote system."

Ah, the infamous 0x04D2 error!  Scary when you actually have MEMORIZED the error
code.  Did I ever mention the deep loating I feel towards M$-Windows?

That almost guarantees you have some type of packet filtering in place (firewall
on the new Samba box?).

Try flushing the iptables table, and making sure the default policies are not
deny or reject.