Re: Wireless networks

On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 5:32 AM, Phil <phil_lor-bzGI/[email protected]> wrote:
> Thank you for reading this.
>
> Continuing on with my new Internet connection I now have two laptops, bot=
h
> running Linux, wirelessly connected to the Internet via a Technicolor (re=
al
> brand name) modem.
>
> I had expected that both laptops would have access to each other's files =
but
> that is not the case, so far. I have experimented with smb4k but with
> limited success.
>
> Some time ago I had connected to someone's Windows wireless network and w=
as
> able to access their desktop computer with smb4k without any effort at al=
l.
>
> Am I using the correct tool or is there more to this than I had expected?
>
> --
> Regards,
> Phil

Maybe there is a firewall blocking access to smb in your Linux
machines. Try disabling shorewall and iptables and connect again with
smb.

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