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Linux client loses connection to Windows share but can connect with smbclient
I have a Linux box that connects to a shared folder on a Windows 7 desktop. When the Windows computer goes to sleep and then resumes, the share is no longer accessible. If I reboot the Linux computer, ...
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Can't log into Linux Samba share from Windows
Whenever I go to my network shares on windows, I am prompted with a request for username and password on the folder I want to access. Most of the time it won't let me log in with the username and ...
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Would a network level WAN-blocked Win7 VM host be sufficiently secure with a WAN-enabled VM guest?
I have a client who is adamant about avoiding Windows 10. For the time being, they've accepted using Windows 7 with the network interfaces disabled, but they're looking for options to continue with ...
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Kali Linux 2019.3 Wi-Fi Driver Issue
So I have recently installed Kali Linux 2019.3 on my Windows 10 Operating system. I decided to do a dual boot with it as well with 40 GB partitioned for it dedicating 16 GB of memory to the OS. (UEFI ...
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Connecting to Windows 7 using SMB protocol version 2.1 (Linux since 4.13)
Since the update to version 4.13 of the linux kernel my laptop running Arch Linux at first couldn't connect to the Windows 7 machines in my home network anymore. I've figured out that this is due to ...
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Window 7 sub-interfaces to Linux sub-interfaces communication -- Network deity level needed
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We have a modeling/simulation environment (using EXata) with external system in the loop. So, external systems <--simulation environment --> external systems. Communication from the ...
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Windows client sees IP addres, not host name
I have setup a small linux mint server which I try to access from windows. In windows I can neither ping nor map this linux mint server by host name, but I can do both by IP address. I added wins to /...
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Unable to access samba shared folder on Windows 7
I have a server running RHEL. In the network are three workstations: two linux (RHEL) and one Windows 7. I am using samba to share a storage device (connected to the server) with the workstations. For ...
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Why does my Windows PC connect to the internet, but no Linux machine?
today we've had a couple of hardware faults due to a fire at my workplace. As a result, my main work computer does not connect to the internet anymore. I can't load a website or ping Google.com. That ...
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Unable to locate hosts by hostname in mixed Linux and Windows LAN
I have a LAN with Windows 7 and Debian 8 hosts. The stations get IPs via the router/switch DHCP.
Everything goes fine if trying to connect or ping by their IP addresses, as it should be. The problem ...
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Name look-up of local machines fails when using different OS
This works
Look-up through ip address
Look-up the ip of a GNU/Linux machine from another GNU/Linux machine
Look-up the ip of a Windows XP machine from a Windows 7 machine
Look-up the router ip from ...
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Can a Windows 7 Machine be configured to act as a Router or NAT like a Linux machine can?
Or should one install special software on a Windows to be able to do those things ?
I was surprised to see that a Linux machine basically can be configured to act as a Router and has many advanced ...
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Windows 7: route to connect to VPN via Linux
I have a corporate Windows 7 machine that is supposed to connect to a VPN but for some reason the Cisco software won't connect and none of the gurus at the corporation have been able to figure this ...
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Unable to connect to internet on Vmware workstation 12
I'm having some trouble attempting to access the internet on my Ubuntu VM, with a Windows 7 host.
I've done my research and have bridged the network adapters
I've also gone onto my host and checked ...
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How to set up a network in Windows 7 to let others can access an internal Linux server?
I have two machines. Machine 1 (denoted as M1) is Windows 7 and has two network cards. Machine 2 (denoted as M2) is RedHat 6.5. In M1, the first network card is connected into the Internet and the ...
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