Add smb ports=139 445 to your smb.conf. It "might" work :) On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 8:38 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > okay james..... I am figuing that this is done at.... I've been looking > for how to this for A while now. How do you do it? There it is. I found a > GUI app that did it called 'firestarter'. Unfortunately opening the ports > didn't help the situation any. ports 137-139 and 445 are now open. > > > On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 6:50 PM, James Mcphee wrote: > >> The error pasted is about name services, not printing. XP being XP, have >> you tried setting the samba box up for port 139 instead of 445? >> >> >> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >> >>> it isn't fixed. >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote: >>> >>>> Glad the Plug could fix it! >>>> On 6 Mar 2012 18:51, "Michael Havens" wrote: >>>> >>>>> okay.... I enabled the guest account but that didn't improve the >>>>> situation any. I checked localhost:631 and the printer is listed. (weird >>>>> thing, from the laptop it is listed as a different model. It works so I >>>>> don't really care) >>>>> >>>>> ==== >>>>> 1) As you initially asked, your XP account name was changed. Please >>>>> refer to the enabling of the guest account HowTo in: >>>>> http://unixwiz.net/techtips/samba-xp-printing.html NOTE: I am >>>>> assuming that these machines are protected inside your network, since it's >>>>> usually a BAD IDEA to enable the guest account otherwise. Verify your >>>>> WORKGROUP and NetBIOS name in XP. >>>>> >>>>> Please, then, attempt to connect from XP and tail the log and see what >>>>> Samba is whining about? >>>>> >>>>> ==== >>>>> Not sure of the logs name. Can you help me out? I also don't know >>>>> about the net >>>>> -- >>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> James McPhee >> jmcphe@gmail.com >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- James McPhee jmcphe@gmail.com