Problem mapping to my home server...

I've set up a home network for developing Flex, Flash, ColdFusion applications. I'm trying to map drives from my server to my computer, but I can't get it to work. I'll try to be as complete as possible in describing my network and anything that might be relevant.

Home network with a configuration as follows:

router (name: mynetwork.net):--
Internet (cable)
computer1 (vista)
hub:--
computer2 (xp)
server (ubuntu 8.04, LAMP, ColdFusion, name: myserver)

computers 1 and 2 have DHCP issued ip addresses
server has static ip address: 192.168.0.110

When logged into the router firmware, both computers are listed under "LAN Computers", but the server is not shown.

I have no problem accessing the server using Webmin or phpmyadmin, and the web server works fine using its ip address: http://192.168.0.110, but NOT using http://myserver.

I need to map drives from the server to computer2 ("/var/www" & "/opt/coldfusion8").

But when I try:

1. The server isn't shown under the browse button.
2. If I type anything like "192.168.0.110" or "//myserver" or "mynetwork.net/myserver" or any combination I could think of, I get this message: "The drive could not be mapped because no network was found."

The Workstation service is set to "automatic" and is shown as "started".


Any insights would be very much appreciated, as I really need this to work!

Shane McBryde

 

try \\192.168.0.110 in Run.
were you typing //192.168.0.110 before?


to map the drive once you are able to connect to it, go into my computer - tools - map network drive - and type in the same thing as above \\192.168.0.110

 

Sorry the // was a typo.

Tried both suggestions:

1. Run: "\\192.168.0.110"

Returned:

\\192.168.0.110

No network provider accepted the given network path.

2. Map Network Drive: "\\192.168.0.110"

Returned:

The drive could not be mapped because no network was found.

 

I've run across mention of smb in connection with mapping, which seems to be associated with Samba. Do I need a file server on my server in order to map to it?

 

wikipedia on SMB: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Message_Block

States the following:

"In computer networking, Server Message Block (SMB) operates as an application-layer network protocol mainly used to provide shared access to files, printers, serial ports, and miscellaneous communications between nodes on a network."


And Ubuntu help on SettingUpSamba: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpSamba

Opening statement reads in part:

"Samba is a set of tools to share files and printers with computers running Microsoft Windows. It implements the SMB network protocol, which is the heart of Windows networking."


So, in order to set up mapping between a Windows enviroment and an Ubuntu server, I would need Samba installed?

That's a question, by the way...

Shane

 

Thanks, Digitalocksmth.

I had a suspicion but I wasn't sure. Thanks for the confirmation.