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Sheldon Isaac wrote:
>
> I could use some help from my fellow Windows-users:

Lord knows I'm no Windows expert, but I'll tell you what 
little I know.

> my Windows networking of two computers has used only the 
> NetBEUI protocol (whatever that is) with my Ethernet card.

AFAIK NetBEUI is equivalent (more or less) to TCP/IP.
SMB runs on top of it.  SMB can also run on top of TCP/IP.
Before Windows 95, only NetBEUI was provided.  In win95
TCP/IP was provided as an option (with NetBEUI the default).
I suspect TCP/IP became the default on later versions of
Windows.

If your Windows is pre-95, there is no built-in TCP/IP 
option (AFAIK).  You will need to find an add-on (good luck).
With win95 you can use the included TCP/IP: Start->Settings->
ControlPanel->Network->Add->Protocol->Add->Microsoft->TCP/IP

Once TCP/IP has been installed, click on Properties and then
specify the IP address.  Then click on the NetBIOS tab to set 
"I want NetBIOS over TCP/IP".  Close Properties and click on
File and Printer Sharing.  Make sure "I want to give others
access to my files" is set.

> I am guessing that TCP would be involved somehow in the 
> Windows <-> Linux thing?

Yes, Linux smbclient needs a TCP/IP connection.  I think
TCP/IP is also the norm with current versions of Windows 
(but I could be wrong on that one).

> Can someone explain how to make this computer,when running 
> MS-Windows,

Which version of Windows?  With win95, I could get in without
authenication, so I didn't have to use the username/password
parameters for smbclient.  I suspect current versions of
Windows are more secure and will refuse access without proper
authenication.  The BL3 smbclient has parameters for various 
authenication options.  Hopefully, a bit of experimentation
will get you in.  Please report back (with details) success
with recent versions of Windows.

BTW, I have seen some reference to encrypted passwords for
SMB.  I don't know if Windows currently does this.  Nor do
I know whether the BL3 smbclient can do such passwords.
All I can say for sure is that the BL3 smbclient works fine
on win95.  Hopefully, other users will report success with
other versions of Windows.

Cheers,
Steven

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