Windows Network

max maximilianbianco at gmail.com
Sat Jan 19 02:47:53 UTC 2008


max wrote:
> Dr P Dupre wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On a FC7 machine, Windows network does not show any machine, when from
>>>> a microsofy machine I can see plenty !
>>>>
>>>> In addition  system-config-printer gives me an error:
>>>>  There was a problem connecting to the CUPS server.
>>>>
>>>> Are those things correlated ?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Possibly. Do you have samba installed?i
>> Yes, seems running fine
>>
>> The FC7 machine does not see the "microsoft machines", when these ones
>> see each other. Why should this have something to do with the
>> firewall of the FC7 ?
>> The XP machines run a firewall but this should not prevent to see the
>> machines, eventually, the FC7 machine will not be able to login.
>>
>> Am I wrong ?
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>>
>>  Does your firewall have the ports for
>>> samba open? Are you attempting to connect to a printer on a Windows 
>>> computer? Does it have a firewall? What kind of firewall does it 
>>> have? Is it Norton or McAfee ? Both Norton and McAfee suck donkey 
>>> balls. You are pretty vague about what exactly you are doing. Perhaps 
>>> if you are more specific , then you will get more help. I understand 
>>> the frustration but you claim the Dr title so perhaps a little 
>>> maturity and composure are in order.
>>>
>>> -Max
>>>
>>>
>>
> Quit whining and check the firewall config. Check the workgroup/domain 
> that the windows machines use. I use the only linux based workstation 
> where I work and i have no trouble accessing the windows network. I see 
> even the hidden shares. So have you considered maybe your missing 
> something simple or is your first reaction to start complaining to the 
> list. How about a list of the things you have checked or tried to adjust 
> to solve your problem. BTW the point of a firewall is to interfere with 
> things. Half the firewalls designed to work with windows don't work as 
> advertised more than half the time.  I see more of windows and its 
> idotic problems than i care to discuss.
> 
> Good Luck.

When i realized i had misspelled idiotic as idotic, i decided to google. 
Here it is :

  	www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=idotic

who says irritation/anger can teach you nothing.




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