[velocipede]

OK, this is a wierd one to me, granted I'm not exactly an expert on this, but...I've got an NT 4.0 laptop and an XP Workstation hooked up to my Cube, using the Cube as a file/MP3 sharing server. Anyway, everything got along fine until 10.2.3. Now, I can connect to the Windows PCs from the Cube just fine, but I can't go the opposite way. I can ping each workstation from the others, and I've made sure Windows filesharing is on, and I've even repaired disk permissions. Trying to view the Cube in the Windows Workgroups gives me an "Access Denied" error, and trying to use the IP Address or workstation name doens't work. Anyone else have this problem or have any ideas?

[Blueshirts4me]

I am having similar problems with a connection with Windows on 10.2.3, I cannot connect to a Windows shared printer using samba. It was fine before upgrading. Any suggestions?

[velocipede]

OK, well I've tried reinstalling the 10.2.3 update, moving from one workgroup to another and back again, and I stiill can't connect to the Mac from the PCs, either by by browsing Network neighborhood or using the IP address or workstation name. Eventviewer is showing "The redirector timed out a request to.." my Mac and an alert pops up that the request was cancelled whenever I try to connect to the Mac. I'm stumped. Anyone have any tips, ideas, suggestions, or good holiday recipes?

[velocipede]

Ok, well I seem to be talking to myself here, but hey, at least I'm not getting any wierd looks
I've looked in the windows server log on my cube and found the following. I know it's long, but if anyone can make any sense of this, suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I've found quite a few reports of people having various (usually similar) networking issues since 10.2.3, so perhaps it's a bug. Anyway, this is what I found:
Date/Time: 2002-12-20 10:34:03 -0500
OS Version: 10.2.3 (Build 6G30)
Host: Computer.local.

Command: WindowServer
PID: 175

Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS (0x0001) at 0x2d02020a

Thread 0 Crashed:
#0 0x9000962c in szone_calloc
#1 0x900094b4 in malloc_zone_calloc
#2 0x936f1264 in CGSAllocGenericObjFromZone
#3 0x936fb420 in v_create
#4 0x937018d0 in CGSCreateInteger
#5 0x936f8a2c in CGXPostPortData
#6 0x936f7af4 in CGXRunOneServerPass
#7 0x936f7f50 in CGXRunOneServicesPass
#8 0x93708d20 in CGXServerLoop
#9 0x93860de8 in CGXServer
#10 0x00002dac in main
#11 0x00002b48 in _start
#12 0x000029c8 in start

Thread 1:
#0 0x90073c48 in mach_msg_trap
#1 0x90005f90 in mach_msg
#2 0x9371bcc0 in eventThread
#3 0x90020d48 in _pthread_body

Thread 2:
#0 0x90073c48 in mach_msg_trap
#1 0x90005f90 in mach_msg
#2 0xc00059c8 in __ape_internal
#3 0xc0005fac in __ape_internal
#4 0x90020d48 in _pthread_body

PPC Thread State:
srr0: 0x9000962c srr1: 0x0200f030 vrsave: 0x00000000
xer: 0x00000000 lr: 0x900095f0 ctr: 0x9005e250 mq: 0x00000000
r0: 0x00000000 r1: 0xbfff74a0 r2: 0x28000240 r3: 0x00000001
r4: 0x00000001 r5: 0x00000000 r6: 0x000001f5 r7: 0x000001f5
r8: 0x000000c4 r9: 0xa0001054 r10: 0x00000018 r11: 0x2d020202
r12: 0x9005e250 r13: 0x00000000 r14: 0x00000000 r15: 0x00000000
r16: 0x00000000 r17: 0x00000000 r18: 0x00000000 r19: 0x00000000
r20: 0x00000000 r21: 0x00000000 r22: 0x00000000 r23: 0x00000000
r24: 0x000e325c r25: 0xbfff74e0 r26: 0xa000950c r27: 0x00000002
r28: 0x000e3010 r29: 0x000e30c0 r30: 0x000f7400 r31: 0x9000950c

[solvent211]

Originally posted by velocipede:
Anyone else have this problem or have any ideas?

I've upgraded to 10.2.3 and have used Samba sucessfully both ways, so this post falls under the "ideas" category...

Almost any time I have problems with Samba and access denied & time out errors, I usually end up finding out that it has to do with firewall configurations. If you have firewalls running on either box, you may want to temporarily disable them and see if the problem goes away; especially on the Mac.

Although I'm not sure exactly what they are, 10.2.3 "delivers enhanced functionality and improved reliability" to IP firewall (according to the README).

[velocipede]

Originally posted by solvent211:
I've upgraded to 10.2.3 and have used Samba sucessfully both ways, so this post falls under the "ideas" category...

Almost any time I have problems with Samba and access denied & time out errors, I usually end up finding out that it has to do with firewall configurations. If you have firewalls running on either box, you may want to temporarily disable them and see if the problem goes away; especially on the Mac.

Although I'm not sure exactly what they are, 10.2.3 "delivers enhanced functionality and improved reliability" to IP firewall (according to the README).

I don't have the firewall on the Cube turned on, and as far as I know there aren't any software firewalls on either of the two PCs. I don't have any sort of access controls running on the router that would interfere with the network, so I tend to think it's something specific to the Cube, but thanks for the suggestions, it at least narrows it down a bit.

[ghporter]

I think this may be more a problem with "which password on the Mac you use" when connecting from a PC. I don't have this sort of setup, but I've seen a lot of discussion of this subject in this forum. I'd recommend looking for such earlier posts for advice on how to log into a Mac from a PC.

Also, what service pack are you running on the NT box, and do you have XP Pro or XP Home on the other box? This is important because some of the service packs for NT changed the way networking works, and XP Home is pretty anti-networking. Further, if you're trying to set up a "domain" rather than a "work group" with the PCs, you may run into other problems in communicating with your Cube.