How can I connect to a Samba server using its hostname instead of the IP?

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Answer by Telson Alva for How can I connect to a Samba server using its...

July 30, 2016, 8:36 am

For me it was because my ubuntu was binding the hostname to IPv6 address, if you continue to face problems, the below article is worth a shot....

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Answer by danelips for How can I connect to a Samba server using its hostname...

July 13, 2016, 4:45 am

In my case I had to restart the nmbd service sudo systemctl restart nmbd

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Answer by Luis Alvarado for How can I connect to a Samba server using its...

January 15, 2013, 5:56 am

There are a couple of issues that could lead to this: Enabling Netbios in your samba configuration file in your /etc/samba/smb.conf file, after the WORKGROUP line, add the following: netbios name =...

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How can I connect to a Samba server using its hostname instead of the IP?

May 30, 2018, 4:19 am

I'm a beginner when it comes to Linux, and have recently put together a media server, holding all my movies, running Ubuntu 12.04. After following tutorials and forums I can successfully ping, by...

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