Well, I tried everything that Craige suggested - no luck on either an NT/2k or Win98 box.  (I can map shares on the samba server, just
can't view the network).

As for the firewall:   I found out that specifying no firewall does indeed put one in on IPTABLES.  I disabled IPTABLES and put in my own
IPCHAINS rules that I have always used - firewall on the internet and wide open on the intranet since it is only for my own use.

Still no luck with my problem.

sps

foodog wrote:

> Just a thought: you might try turning off the firewall script if the 7.1
> install did one for you.  It had me frustrated for several hours trying
> to figure out why ssh was suddenly broken.
> Steve
>
> Stephen Smith wrote:
> >
> > I put the smb.conf file in the /etc/samba folder so it is the correct one.  I will check the
> > identification when I get home.   Just curious, what would that make the network unbrowseable
> > in Windows Explorer
> >
> > Craig White wrote:
> >
> > > be careful with smb.conf - I think that the upgrade might have put the new
> > > smb.conf in /etc/samba folder - thus you may have 2 copies of smb.conf on
> > > your computer.
> > >
> > > also - make sure that the workgroup in smb.conf and in your 'identification'
> > > tab of the network control panel are the same.
> > >
> > > Nothing in windows 98 changed from Win98 to Win98SE that would change
> > > networking.
> > >
> > > Craig