SOLVED Unable to connect Desktop to my Laptop

[jocemint201302]

I'm a french people, then excuse my english. I love linux's distributions and I have tried some but I'm prefering Mint. That for what I use Linux Mint 14 KDE on my computers. On my desktop I have installed Mint and Windows 8. My problem is: I never be able to connect my computers to the other. I need your help to do this.

As requested there are the results for this command "sudo /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintWifi/mintWifi.py" :
* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
-- Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter (rev 01)
==> PCI ID = 10ec:8176 (rev 01)
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* II. querying ndiswrapper...
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* III. querying iwconfig...
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"Jo Ni St Al Ca"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 84:C9:B2:4A:14:BE
Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=63/70 Signal level=-47 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:92 Missed beacon:0

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

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* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 5c:26:0a:1b:c3:cf
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
Packets reçus:0 erreurs:0 :0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 lg file transmission:1000
Octets reçus:0 (0.0 B) Octets transmis:0 (0.0 B)

lo Link encap:Boucle locale
inet adr:127.0.0.1 Masque:255.0.0.0
adr inet6: ::1/128 Scope:Hôte
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
Packets reçus:2203 erreurs:0 :0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2203 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 lg file transmission:0
Octets reçus:136208 (136.2 KB) Octets transmis:136208 (136.2 KB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 1c:65:9d:39:32:1b
inet adr:192.168.0.105 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Masque:255.255.255.0
adr inet6: fe80::1e65:9dff:fe39:321b/64 Scope:Lien
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
Packets reçus:27767 erreurs:0 :0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:17130 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 lg file transmission:1000
Octets reçus:37005935 (37.0 MB) Octets transmis:2687184 (2.6 MB)

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* V. querying DHCP...
Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8)
utility, e.g. service smbd reload

Since the script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an
Upstart job, you may also use the reload(8) utility, e.g. reload smbd
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
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* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server: 192.168.0.1
Address: 192.168.0.1#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.226.40
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.226.32
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.226.46
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.226.39
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.226.37
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.226.38
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.226.41
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.226.33
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.226.35
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.226.34
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.226.36

Thank you for your help.

[lmarmisa]

Hi jocemint201302,

you are unable to connect desktop to laptop. Have you tested communication protocols using the command ping?. What kind of connection do you wish?. Do you want to access to remote shared folders?. Perhaps remote desktop connection?.

Could you give more details?.

Best regards,

Luis

[jocemint201302]

Thank you. I do "ping" on each computer and no errors. My desktop see my laptop. I just whant to access a repertory on the other computer to open or copy a file. I had read something for "Samba" but I don't understand how to share folders or repertories.

[lmarmisa]

Thank you. I do "ping" on each computer and no errors. My desktop see my laptop. I just whant to access a repertory on the other computer to open or copy a file. I had read something for "Samba" but I don't understand how to share folders or repertories.

Yes. Samba is a good choice for sharing folders.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba_%28software%29

Other option could be protocols like sftp or scp integrated in ssh.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH_File_Transfer_Protocol

Where are the files you want to share?. Are they in Mint or in Windows?. Please, tell us the type of operating system of sever and client.

[jocemint201302]

Normally I want connect from my laptop (Mint 14) to a partition named "Data" on my desktop running Windows 8. This partition was shared to everyone but on my laptop I can't see my desktop. It is same when my Desktop is under Mint 14. Mint 14 to Mint 14 and I can't see the other computer. I dont know why.

Sorry I am a 'newbee' ...

[lmarmisa]

Normally I want connect from my laptop (Mint 14) to a partition named "Data" on my desktop running Windows 8. This partition was shared to everyone but on my laptop I can't see my desktop. It is same when my Desktop is under Mint 14. Mint 14 to Mint 14 and I can't see the other computer. I dont know why.

Sorry I am a 'newbee' ...

Do you see some computer in network?.

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What is the name of the workgroup defined in Windows 8?.

[jocemint201302]

The second where I see nothing after clic on "Network"

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First screen for network

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I see nothing; my workgroup is "WORKGROUP"

I enclose two (2) printscreen.

[lmarmisa]

OK. WORKGROUP is the default value.

Open a terminal and type this command (this is the install command for samba):

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sudo apt-get install samba


Reboot the system and check if, after restart, you are able to detect the windows desktop computer.

[jocemint201302]

Thanks but SMB was installed by default. See the Terminal's picture.

As you see Samba was already installed.

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[jocemint201302]

Now I can see on network my iPhone and my laptop but I can't access when I'm cliking on.

I see but I don't have access

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[lmarmisa]

Yes. I see that samba was installed.

I suppose that one or more shared folders are defined in desktop.

Check that desktop computer is responding to ping:

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ping -c5 desktopname


and type this command:

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smbtree -N


[jocemint201302]

Thank you very much for your patience lmarmisa

See theses pictures:

your commands

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Windows 8 properties

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[lmarmisa]

No shared resources are detected at the moment.

I suppose you defined at least one shared folder in desktop. Did you define this shared folder with the privileges of your user account in Windows 8?. So, is the access to the shared folder protected with username/password?.

Try this command:

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smbclient -U usernamewindows8 -L inspiron537


[jocemint201302]

I can't connect to my Desktop. I have two (2) accounts: "Jocelyn Boisvert" and "jocelyn"

[lmarmisa]

Hmmm. Not sure about diagnostic but I see that the hostname inspiron537 is being resolved with a public IP address (look at the capture of ping). This is odd.

Fortunately I have no experience with windows 8 . I would like to know the IP address of your desktop. Try to open a terminal in Windows 8 and type the comand:

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ipconfig


I would like that you could repeat the last command smbclient using the internal IP address of your desktop machine and not the hostname inspiron537.

[jocemint201302]

ipconfig on my Desktop=192.168.0.102

192.168.0.102 and users info by Win8

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command smbclient

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[lmarmisa]

The problem seems related to the translation of the hosname inspiron537 to its numeric IP address.

Traslation should be the private IP address 192.168.0.102 but it is translated to your public IP address. This is wrong.

If you type the private IP address of desktop, the command smbclient shows the correct shared resources of your desktop. But if you type the hostname, the command does not show any shared resource and the connection to the SMB server of your desktop is not correct.

I am not sure if the problem is related to the field "Suffixe DNS prope à la conexion". The origin of the problem could be your router.

I recommend this workaround.

Edit the file /etc/hosts with your prefered editor (change nano if you prefer a different editor):

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sudo nano /etc/hosts


and add this line at the end of file:

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192.168.0.102 Inspiron537 INSPIRON537 inspiron537


Reboot your system and check if you are able to connect to remote shared folders.

You can check the new tanslation for inspiron537 with command ping:

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ping -c5 Inspiron537


[jocemint201302]

You are a great master. I'm doing all you wrote.

There are the file "Hosts" modified and the new "ping".

I had reboot my laptop and after I try to connect at network but I just see "Inspiron1018" (my laptop).

new contents of the file "Hosts"

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new command "ping"

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[lmarmisa]

Are you using WIFI?.

I see some problems there too. Take a look to both commands ping.

The first ping message was lost in your last message. And the the two initial packages have very long round trip delays (about 400ms, 600ms and even 1000 ms!!!). This is not good. Is the strength of Wifi signal good?.

Please, repeat the command:

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smbclient -U Jocelyn -L inspiron537


Is the output correct now?.

[jocemint201302]

My laptop is wifi; my desktop is wired.

Is the result ok ?

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