Network Discovery stopped working on Samba network

Asked Jul 03 '17 at 14:59

Active Jul 06 '17 at 20:22

Viewed 166 times

I am a software developer trying to help with a network issue (letting you know I don't know what I am doing). We are a very small shop.

We have a Samba network with a dozen or so Linux servers, and maybe 2 dozen users. Network discovery stopped working last week. Users cannot browse to network resources. Most users are Windows 7, I have an Ubuntu box and a Fedora box with the same issue.

I can connect by manually entering resource locations (by name). Windows users can as well, but have to manually connect by IP address.

There have been no intentional changes to the network. We did have a power interruption last week. We have rebooted the router, and the switches.

Can anyone give me some guidance? Thanks for any help you can offer.

EDIT:

We still have this issue. We have one Mac user - Network Discovery works for him.

edited Jul 06 '17 at 20:22

asked Jul 03 '17 at 14:59

Roger Creasy

Sounds like your WINS or DNS server failed to start or at least have an issue. Have you checked it? – Magnus Jul 03 '17 at 15:10
I am assuming pour router handles dns. Shouldn't the reboot have corrected any potter blip issues? – Roger Creasy Jul 03 '17 at 15:12
1

If you ping a server, will it return an IP, or did it just say that it can't find it? – Magnus Jul 03 '17 at 15:14
ping returns not found – Roger Creasy Jul 03 '17 at 15:16
1

Sounds like the issue is on the router then. What kind of router is it? Something like Cisco, or more like the SOHO variety? – Magnus Jul 03 '17 at 15:19
Adtran Netvanta - so more like Cisco I think – Roger Creasy Jul 03 '17 at 15:26
1

Hmm.. from what i gather, an AOS unit can't act as a dns, only as a dns proxy. So it seems that the dns server is elsewhere... – Magnus Jul 03 '17 at 15:35
That's what I thought...no one here knows of a DNS server...but the AOS should point to it, right? – Roger Creasy Jul 03 '17 at 15:39
Yeah, it should. What dns server do the clients get? – Magnus Jul 03 '17 at 15:44
Everything is set to use the Adtran's IP for DNS...I guess it bounces off based on it's configuration – Roger Creasy Jul 03 '17 at 15:45
1

Yeah, you need to check on the AOS – Magnus Jul 03 '17 at 15:58
Thanks @Magnus you put me on the path to an answer. I think. Wish I could upvote you – Roger Creasy Jul 03 '17 at 16:02
1

No worries, glad i could help – Magnus Jul 03 '17 at 16:14

Network Discovery stopped working on Samba network

0 Answers0