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samba smbclient timeout connecting to

doing this from a Linux redhat 7.3 with ip = 10.1.1.37

smbclient -L //Asus -W mygroup

I get this error:

added interface ip=10.1.1.37 bcast=10.1.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
timeout connecting to 208.70.188.15:139
Error connecting to 208.70.188.15 (Operation already in progress)
Connection to Asus failed

notice that the query for Asus netbios name goes outside of my network,

actually my Asus is a Windows PC with ip= 10.1.1.101, so WHY is not seeing ?

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0E:A6:35:86:26
inet addr:10.1.1.37 Bcast:10.1.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:3147 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2175 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:11 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:287217 (280.4 Kb) TX bytes:531249 (518.7 Kb)
Interrupt:3 Base address:0x8800

Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
10.1.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
default router 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0

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sorry for the delay,

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dig asus output:

; <<>> DiG 9.2.0 <<>> asus
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 5014
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;asus. IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
asus. 10 IN A 208.70.188.15

;; Query time: 8 msec
;; SERVER: 200.51.211.7#53(200.51.211.7)
;; WHEN: Wed May 6 08:51:17 2009
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 42

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nmblookup asus output:

querying asus on 10.1.1.255
10.1.1.11 asus<00>

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I notice that smbclient was searching for Asus first in /etc/hosts, then dns lookup, so

to correct this problem I do

smbclient -R bcast -L //asus -W mygroup

this ( -R bcast ) do a broadcast in the local network.

so thanks to Uberpappa

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Hy again.

Glad you got a solution. Just for reference: You can also change the lookup order in smb.conf:

name resolve order = wins bcast hosts

That will make samba use wins then broadcast, then dns.

If you don't have wins, change bcast to be the first entry and you should be fine without the -B option.