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Re: CIFS not connecting

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:22:53 EDT

atomicrabbit posted :

said by wierdo:

To handle them it would have to pass only the initial //192.168.1.xxx/i to the module, then tell the logger to use /cifs1/tomato_bandwidth as the directory.

this unfortunately makes sense. Thanks for clarifying

said by B:

They should really clarify that screen prompt, then. Maybe "UNC path to share root".

Definitely agree!

Re: CIFS not connecting

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:30:36 EDT

B posted : They should really clarify that screen prompt, then. Maybe "UNC path to share root".

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Re: CIFS not connecting

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:53:43 EDT

wierdo posted :

said by atomicrabbit:

Kinda stupid.

It works now. The shared directory gets mounted.

Hah, that'll do it. Since tomato passes the input directly to the CIFS/SMB kernel module it can't handle subdirectories. To handle them it would have to pass only the initial //192.168.1.xxx/i to the module, then tell the logger to use /cifs1/tomato_bandwidth as the directory.

AFAIK, it's hardcoded to always use /cifs1, so you're stuck with only using the root of a share.
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Re: CIFS not connecting

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:04:53 EDT

atomicrabbit posted : well if the second path worked without the terminating slash, then the first path should have as well.

And actually, if I add the terminating slash, after saving the settings, tomato automatically removes it

Re: CIFS not connecting

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:56:59 EDT

B posted : Great detective work. I agree; since they prompt for "UNC" path they really should have accepted your original version. Did you try it both with and without the terminating slash?

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Re: CIFS not connecting

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:09:18 EDT

atomicrabbit posted : ok i figured it out. Apparently if I share the entire drive, the sub-directories are not shared to the router ??? I say "to the router" because if I try to access the shared drive from another computer, I am able to access the entire drive and all it's contents.

But for some reason I had to set the shared settings of the "tomato_bandwidth" directory separately from the i: drives sharing properties.

So now instead of giving the path \\192.168.1.XXX\i\tomato_bandwidth ... I set teh shared propeties of the tomato_bandwidth directory separately and set the shared path to \\192.168.1.XXX\tomato_bandwidth

Kinda stupid.

It works now. The shared directory gets mounted.

Re: CIFS not connecting

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:57:57 EDT

atomicrabbit posted : @pandora: I figured out why WIreShark wasn't working on my OS, if you read my last post, and I got it working now.

ok back to my problem. I figured out to filter "smb" requests and I think I found what the problem, is, I just don't know how to fix it.

It's giving me ERROR: STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME

Re: CIFS not connecting

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:40:49 EDT

pandora posted : You've gone from a Linksys alternative firmware question to a Microsoft beta operating system question. It is helpful to run a production OS when trying to get help for features.
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Re: CIFS not connecting

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:23:24 EDT

atomicrabbit posted : Nevermind, I figured it out, it has something to do with the beta version of WinPcap (v4.1 beta5); it doesn't seem to work with Windows 7. Although the previous stable version (v4.0.2) seems to work fine with Windows 7... go figure.

@wierdo, what would I be looking for in WireShark? would it specifically say "CIFS" somewhere?

Re: CIFS not connecting

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:59:58 EDT

atomicrabbit posted : I cannot seem to get WireShark to work on windows 7. I downloaded Wireshark portable and I keep getting this error:

Dumpcap has stopped working

and then when WireShark starts, it says:
The NPF driver isn't running. You may have trouble capturing or listing interfaces.

The Event Viewer details say this:

Faulting application name: dumpcap.exe, version: 1.2.0.28753, time stamp: 0x4a3726f3Faulting module name: libglib-2.0-0.dll, version: 2.20.3.0, time stamp: 0x4a23951fException code: 0x40000015Fault offset: 0x00048416Faulting process id: 0x1750Faulting application start time: 0x01c9fb80fa56918cFaulting application path: C:\PortableApps\WiresharkPortable\App\Wireshark\dumpcap.exeFaulting module path: C:\PortableApps\WiresharkPortable\App\Wireshark\libglib-2.0-0.dllReport Id: 3957c161-6774-11de-8f9b-0013d3cc64bd

Re: CIFS not connecting

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:56:21 EDT

pandora posted : The first share is to a Buffalo Tech Linkstation Live NAS device which runs SAMBA under Linux. The 2nd share is to a Windows Vista PC. Both work fine.

Edit to add: The user and password on the Windows PC are placebo, they do not reflect any real Windows user account. I just plug in a name and password to keep Tomato happy.
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Re: CIFS not connecting

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:20:03 EDT

B posted : It couldn't be something as silly as that the share name has to actually be "share"? That's the only commonality I see so far...

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Re: CIFS not connecting

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:45:36 EDT

pandora posted : It is a workgroup, not a domain. The connection works with or without the workgroup (domain) entered.

The connection you see in the snapshot is to a Buffalo Tech Linkstation Live with an account and password established for my Linksys router. The Linkstation I believe is using Samba to provide NAS on my LAN. The version of Tomato I am using is from my first post in this thread.

The Linkstation has a static IP set by my router based on its MAC address.
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Re: CIFS not connecting

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:39:19 EDT

atomicrabbit posted : Are you using a domain?

Re: CIFS not connecting

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:15:55 EDT

pandora posted : My CIFS share on Tomato looks like the above. Account and network ID information was redacted.

CIFS share on Tomato

Re: CIFS not connecting

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:31:51 EDT

wierdo posted : Use wireshark or tcpdump to verify you're not seeing any CIFS traffic from the router. If still no, the only thing I can think of is a routing issue, like if your local network is 192.168.1.* and the WAN port has gotten an address in the same block.

I know at one point I had tomato working with CIFS.
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Re: CIFS not connecting

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:51:42 EDT

atomicrabbit posted : sorry for the late reply... nothing in the logs on my computer.

Re: CIFS not connecting

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:55:47 EDT

wierdo posted :

said by atomicrabbit:

suggestions please :|

Check your computer's logs and see if it's even attempting to connect.
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Re: CIFS not connecting

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:16:04 EDT

atomicrabbit posted : suggestions please :|

Re: CIFS not connecting

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:22:08 EDT

atomicrabbit posted : * Use an IP address. ex: \\192.168.1.5\share YES
* Use a regular account that requires username/password instead of a guest account. YES
* Make sure the account has read/write permission. YES
* Make sure NAT Loopback is enabled in Advanced/Firewall. YES, it's set to Forward Only, but I tried setting it to All, and it still didn't work

Re: CIFS not connecting

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:03:28 EDT

B posted : I assume you read their FAQ?

I just pulled it up Googling.... good luck.

Why isn't CIFS working for me?

* Use an IP address. ex: \\192.168.1.5\share
* Use a regular account that requires username/password instead of a guest account.
* Make sure the account has read/write permission.
* Make sure NAT Loopback is enabled in Advanced/Firewall.

You also might want to make sure the share name is simple and short.

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Re: CIFS not connecting

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:16:32 EDT

atomicrabbit posted : jaoko, i disabled the firewall, made no difference. Still can't connect.

I've verified that I have file sharing working properly. I've tried connecting to my computer from another

@pandora, I'll look into that. Thanks for the link.

Re: CIFS not connecting

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:31:41 EDT

pandora posted : I just double checked, and have CIFS working on my version of Tomato firmware. You may want to try the Tomato linked here - »www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showt···?t=60185

While the primary purpose of the Tomato in the link above is to add support for USB devices, it does adds a heck of a lot of features to Tomato and cleans up a lot of code.
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Re: CIFS not connecting

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:57:44 EDT

joako posted :

said by atomicrabbit:

what should I allow in the firewall?

Disable it, not needed behind a router.
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Re: CIFS not connecting

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:52:13 EDT

atomicrabbit posted : what should I allow in the firewall?

Re: CIFS not connecting

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:43:16 EDT

fifty nine posted : Do you have file sharing enabled?

What about the windows firewall?

CIFS not connecting

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:22:16 EDT

atomicrabbit posted : I've set up CIFs on my tomato firmware, so that I can have the Bandwidth monitoring written to a folder on my computer's hdd.

When I check the CIFS configuration, it says:
Error mounting CIFS #1. Still trying...