Author Topic: Smb4k vs. lin neighborhood  (Read 1306 times)

Offline bobmik1

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Smb4k vs. lin neighborhood
« on: January 02, 2010, 03:39:13 PM »
Have problems browsing my network (Vista, two XP machines, PCLinuxOS) with Smb4K, but not LinNeighborhood.  On Smb4K, nothing shows in the browser, but if I use the search dialog to find the workgroup, it will then show up in the browser, but with only some of the machines listed - and which ones vary.  Sometimes an icon will flash when I first go into the browser and then disappear.  I can mount shares on any of the machines manually in Smb4K.  On LinNeighborhood, the entire network shows up.  Any thoughts on how to track down the problem with Smb4K?

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Re: Smb4k vs. lin neighborhood
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2010, 03:49:44 PM »

are all your machines under the same workgroup? windows defaults its work groups to "MSHOME" while pclinuxos defaults to "MDKGROUP"
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Re: Smb4k vs. lin neighborhood
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2010, 05:11:26 PM »
Yes, they're all under a workgroup called "home".