I am probably off-base here, but since Windows XP SP2, the Windows Firewall
block NETBIOS name resolution.
We use a command like this on each XP workstation:
netsh firewall add portopening UDP 137 NBNS enable all
to enable name resolution with nmblookup.
G
David Williams wrote:
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> > From: Les Mikesell [mailto:lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com]
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> > Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 11:13 AM
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> > To: backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
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> > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Communicating with a windows laptop on my
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> >
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> > On 3/22/2010 9:42 AM, David Williams wrote:
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> > >
>
> > > However, there are still issues. When I try and perform a backup of
>
> > > laptop1 from within the web interface I get the following message:
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> > >
>
> > > *Error: Can't find IP address for laptop1*
>
> > >
>
> > > * *
>
> > >
>
> > > *laptop1 is a DHCP host, and I don't know its IP address. I checked
>
> > the
>
> > > netbios name of 192.168.15.155, and found that that machine is not
>
> > laptop1.*
>
> > >
>
> > > * *
>
> > >
>
> > > *Until I see laptop1 at a particular DHCP address, you can only start
>
> > > this request from the client machine itself.*
>
> > >
>
> > > The strange thing is, I was on the client machine at the time and
>
> > trying
>
> > > to back it up manually from the web interface!
>
> >
>
> > What does 'nmblookup -A 192.168.15.155' say (assuming you are still at
>
> > the same IP)? It's going to use this to see if you are connecting from
>
> > the host in question.
>
>
>
> Ok, now I am back on my network I can check this. Here is the current
> results of nmblookup my the backuppc server:
>
>
>
> # nmblookup -R -U 192.168.15.2 laptop1
>
> querying laptop1 on 192.168.15.2
>
> 192.168.15.155 laptop1<00>
>
>
>
> # nmblookup -A 192.168.15.155
>
> Looking up status of 192.168.15.155
>
> LAPTOP1 <00> - P <ACTIVE>
>
> DTWCONS <00> - <GROUP> P <ACTIVE>
>
> LAPTOP1 <20> - P <ACTIVE>
>
>
>
> MAC Address = 00-21-6A-93-63-0C
>
>
>
> So, not sure what all that means, but if I try and perform a backup of
> laptop1 from laptop1 by using the web interface I still get the
> following message:
>
> Error: Can't find IP address for laptop1
>
> laptop1 is a DHCP host, and I don't know its IP address. I checked the
> netbios name of 192.168.15.155, and found that that machine is not laptop1.
>
> Until I see laptop1 at a particular DHCP address, you can only start
> this request from the client machine itself.
>
>
>
> >
>
> > > I also updated the config file for laptop1 such that
>
> > > NmbLookupFindHostCmd is set to:
>
> > >
>
> > > *$nmbLookupPath -R -U 192.168.15.2 $host*
>
> >
>
> > You probably want to configure the WINS server in smb.conf so it is the
>
> > default and will be used in all operations without having to specify it
>
> > in the command line. You should also set $Conf{DHCPAddressRanges} in
>
> > backuppc so it will know where to probe for dhcp-assigned addresses.
>
> >
>
> > --
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