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Samba not syncronising with new IP address

Asked by David Wallin

Hello,

I have an Ubuntu server running Samba on a small Windows network (workgroup - not domain) and it works perfectly with synchronizing the local and server copies of all the files
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However, I have now had to change one of the desktop computers from being DHCP assigned an IP address (which was 10.2.0.111) and I've manually set it to 10.2.0.99.

Trouble is that it won't synchronize now - it doesn't seem to 'log on' to the server correctly. I can 'network access the name of the server and see what it is sharing and I can access any of the files - it just won't synchronize anymore.

Any ideas what I'm missing?

Thanks

David

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Are you saying the server will not synchronize with the desktop that changed IP? You have failed to state what the Samba server will not synchronize.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

Are you saying the server will not synchronize with the desktop that changed IP? You have failed to state what the Samba server will not synchronize.

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David Wallin (david-ntfs) said : 		#3

The server won't give you access to the files it holds, so it won't syncronise the 'My Documents' or allow access to what it stores.

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David Wallin (david-ntfs) said : 		#4

Fixed it.

I was being stupid - it DHCPed with a subnet of 255.255.255.0 and I was manually entering a subnet of 255.0.0.0. Logic tells me that it should work with 255.0.0.0 - but it didn't, now I've given it 255.255.255.0 it works fine.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Yeah technically it should as the address still fits the mask. Weird. Anyway glad you got the gold. Good work
=D

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