On 2017-07-31 00:54, Istvan Gabor wrote:
On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 00:32:01 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Well, you don't have a LAN. I do not see where are you going to use SAMBA.
I have an old Windows installation in virtualbox. Occasionally I have to print from there with my local printer. Also I have a samba shared folder to copy files between Windows and openSUSE host. I used samba to share my printer and the shared folder. This works in openSUSE 12.2. virtualbox offers a vmnet0 network interface but it's not started until virtualbox is started.
Ahh! I start to understand. Still, Samba needs an interface to hook on network when it starts. You have a ppp0, with an internet address. So not this one. You have an eth2 that is connected to a modem DSL device. This one is not working, gets neither IPv4, nor IPv6 address (not one that counts). What is confusing about this is that you already have a ppp0 for internet, so what is this, a LAN of some sort, another internet connection? Nevermind, it does not matter, I think, but it would be interesting to know. The problem is making it work. network card in 12.2: eth0 There are things transmitted and received, but no address at all. network card in Leap 42.2: eth2 A link local IPv6 address, this doesn't count, it is automatic. No IPv4 address, no IPv4 address. But 26 megabytes received, 3 sent. You use network manager on both operating systems, works in neither. So I assume that NM is not the issue, because I assume that 12.2 was the original working setup. So we get back to "Why there is no IPv4/IPv6 address in eth2"? I would be looking at that DSL device. Is it supposed to give you an address via DHCP? Or are you supposed to assign an IP to the interface manually? That is the most important question now. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)