Re: Wireless networks

On 01/16/2012 08:22 PM, Phil wrote:
> On 12/01/12 23:32, Diego Bello wrote:
>> 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, both
>>> running Linux, wirelessly connected to the Internet via a
>>> Technicolor (real
>>> 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 was
>>> able to access their desktop computer with smb4k without any
>>> effort at all.
>>>
>>> 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.
>
> Thanks for your replies Diego, Jim and Cokey.
>
> I have progress a little and can now access the USB port on the
> modem with "smb://techcicolor/media" using Firefox. I had
> expected to be able to use the same method to access files on
> each laptop but sadly not.
>
> The IP address for the laptops are 10.0.0.1 and 10.0.0.3 and I
> can ping from one to the other.
>
> So where do I go to from here? The laptops can see each other but
> so far I'm unable see any files.

I suspect that is a matter of smb settings, and I cannot help 
with that at all.

Cheers!

jim b.

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