[arch-general] Help mounting Windows drive

[Randy]

On 09/10/2012 06:03 PM, Nelson Marambio wrote:
>
>
> Am 10.09.2012 23:56, schrieb Randy:
>> On 09/10/2012 02:51 PM, Daniel Pirek wrote:
>>> iirc i mounted my windows shares with WORKGROUP\\Username ,
>>> have you tried that ?
>>>
>>> Pi
>>>
>>> Randy <gumper1034 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 09/09/2012 09:36 PM, rafael ff1 wrote:
>>>>> 2012/9/9 Randy <gumper1034 at gmail.com>:
>>>>>> In the past I have been able to mount my Windows computer using the
>>>>>> following command:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "mount -t cifs -o username=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD
>>>>>> //192.168.1.107/Users/gumper /mnt/share/"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now when I try this I receive the message:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Unable to find suitable address".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am able to ping the IP address without any problem.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any idea what I'm doing wrong here?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Randy
>>>>> Maybe missing DOMAIN or WORKGROUP in "username=" ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Rafael
>>>>>
>>>> I just tried changing "username=USERNAME" to
>>>> "username=WORKGROUP/USERNAME" and I get the same results.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Thanks to everyone for all the help. I was finally able to get it going.
>> Apparently the IP address changed on the Windows system. I was pinging
>> what I thought was the correct IP address and getting a reply back but I
>> must have been pinging another device, possibly an Ipod touch.
>>
>> I wasn't aware that the IP address on the pc could change like it did. I
>> need to look into how to fix it to the same IP address so that I don't
>> have the same problem in the future.
>>
>>
>> Randy
>>
> Hi,
>
> you could have a look at your router configuration. In most cases you 
> can reserve a fixed IP for your devices, identified by their MAC address.
>
> Concering Netgear routers the reservation is just two clicks ahead if 
> the relevant devices are up and connected to the router.
>
> Kind regards,
> Nelson.
>


Thanks Nelson.

I'll take a look at my router settings to see what I can figure out.

Randy