I'm sure this question has been addressed somewhere before, so if you can just point me in the right direction, that would be great. I have OpenSUSE running nicely as a standalone platform, but have wanted to be able to access other Windows 7 machines on my local (home) network, as well as my wireless Epson printer.
After considerable effort, I have managed to coerce Samba and Dolphin to the point that I can see my OpenSUSE machine from one of the other Windows 7 machines on the network, and can access a shared folder and see the contents. So, I believe I am making progress. This is only possible if I turn the SUSE firewall off.
But if I select "Network" and "Samba Shares" in Dolphin, while it will show me an icon called "Workgroup", if I click on it, it goes to "Loading folder..." for some seconds and then pops up a dialog box saying "Timeout on server workgroup". So, I cannot see anything else on the network from the OpenSUSE side, even though I can see OpenSUSE from the Win7 side. Am I closing in on the rabbit here?
After considerable effort, I have managed to coerce Samba and Dolphin to the point that I can see my OpenSUSE machine from one of the other Windows 7 machines on the network, and can access a shared folder and see the contents. So, I believe I am making progress. This is only possible if I turn the SUSE firewall off.
But if I select "Network" and "Samba Shares" in Dolphin, while it will show me an icon called "Workgroup", if I click on it, it goes to "Loading folder..." for some seconds and then pops up a dialog box saying "Timeout on server workgroup". So, I cannot see anything else on the network from the OpenSUSE side, even though I can see OpenSUSE from the Win7 side. Am I closing in on the rabbit here?