[ILUG] Suggestions for Windows to Linux desktop migration.

[Harry Duncan]

On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 1:38 PM, John Curry <curryjm at eircom.net> wrote:
> Hello Harry,
>
> 'because  it just works' is not a phrase I would associate with samba
> and windows networking.
>
> I  frequently  encounter  a  situation  where  I cannot access windows
> shares  by  name  (network  unavailable or computer not listed) whilst
> being  able  to  access  the same item via a previously mapped network
> drive.

Try adding the line:

netbios name = <name of server>

to your smb.conf, without it, you'll get your experience, with it, in
my experience, you don't.

Harry.