On 05/20/2015 01:20 AM, buhorojo wrote:
Hi We have a wired connection to each room (dating to 2003). I want a cheap way to go wireless from that.
This works using old stuff: wall to up on switch switch to existing computer 172.16.. switch to wifi router 172.16.. to 192.168.1.
2 boxes and a mess of cables. Total cost, about €30 per room tested on a mix of devices. We've tested it with 20 or so of us doing random stuff.
Only problem: Getting our existing files. Looking at windows explorer on the existing wired computer we can see the files at \\172.16.5.105\estudiantes
One unusual feature is that to get that unc, we have to mask 255.255.255.0.
Before the route, we can see them at: smb://172.16.5.105/estudiantes
On wifi, smb:// always asks us for a username and password. None of our passwords work.
So 2 questions: 1. Any advance on €30 per room, preferably on 1 box. The existing computer has to remain. We are not allowed to alter that. 2. The smb:// rubbish. We may be able to have access to the file server or will get it if we can get specific help.
But please, no general advice on how or how not to do networks. Thanks.
I can't answer your question but I have much the same problem. Sometimes I can just get right into the shared folders on a Windows computer, no problem. Then the next time it will ask for a user name and password. None were ever set up for access. The log in for that computer doesn't work. Nothing seems to work. THEN, sometimes when I click "Cancel" the connection goes right in. Have you tried just clicking "Cancel" and see what happens? Most of the time I find it much easier to either use Dropbox to transfer files or the old standby, the "tennis shoe net". [ A USB physically carried from one computer to the other. Back in the old days it would have been a floppy disk. *<]:oD ] -- A cat is a puzzle with no solution. Cats are tiny little women in fur coats. When you get all full of yourself try giving orders to a cat. _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org