How do I access my samba drive through several layers of network topology?
- by stephenmm
I have a new windows 7 Home Premium machine that is in a different room than my main computer area. As such I have to use a bridge and another router. Everything is working wonderfully except I cannot access the SAMBA drive with the new machine. I know that SAMBA is accessible as an older WinXP machine can access it. A picture of my network would probably be helpfull:
To ISP
|
|
+---------------------------+
| WAN |
| Cable Modem |
| (2WIRE678) |
| |
| |
+---------------------------+
|
+---------------------------+
| | (|) (|) +-----------+
| Belkin Router | | | | Wireless |
| (F5D) |--+ +--| WinXP |
| | |SAMBA USER |
| | +-----------+
+---------------------------+
| | | |
+------------+ |
| Ubuntu | |
| Apache + | |
|SAMBA Server| |
+------------+ |
|
+---------------------------+
| |
| Netgear Bridge |
| (XET1001) |
| |
+---------------------------+
#
#
+---------------------------+
| |
| Netgear Bridge |
| (XET1001) |
| |
+---------------------------+
|
+---------------------------+
| |
| D-Link Router |
| (DI-524) |
| |
| |
+---------------------------+
| | | |
+-----------+
| |
| Win7 |
|SAMBA USER?|
+-----------+
More interesting data points:
1. I can ping the SAMBA server from the Win7 machine locally (Ie. 192.168.2.2)
2. I can access the webserver from the Win7 machine locally (Ie. 192.168.2.2)
3. I followed the advice to get Win7 and SAMBA to play nice:
http://www.tannerwilliamson.com/2009/09/windows-7-seven-network-file-sharing-fix-samba-smb/
Sorry for being so long winded but it is kind of complex and I am really at a loss as to how to fix it. If any of you have some suggestions I would love to hear it!
