SMBFS issues

[kolla]

 No, but at this point it is a bit unclear exactly what you have in which files. That you cannot ping the hostname even though you have an entry i hosts suggests that you’ve got something wrong in some file, so that resolution doesn’t work at all.

[outlawal2]

Yeah I agree with you.
Sounds like too many things going on in multiple places so I may just grab another drive and try a fresh 3.1.4 install and start from scratch and see if I have better luck

Of the versions of SMBFS available for 68000 which version(s) do other folks have that are currently working correctly for them?
I have read some conflicting info regarding versions so which version do folks recommend for a fresh install on 68000?

[kolla]

Isn't latest version from Olsen is always the one to recommend? I don't use smbfs myself, so I cannot really tell.

What I can tell is that SMB/CIFS is a rarther heavy and complicated protocol with tons of legacy Windows cruft in it, and Amiga users would be better off if there also was a free and open implementation of Amiga NetFS server available. But that's not really the topic here.

[outlawal2]

Well USUALLY I default to using the latest version of whatever software is available as that is generally the best route. 
I only asked the question because I seem to recall some folks not recommending the newest version due to some bugs that could be show stoppers.  Since I can't verify what individual people say on a forum I wanted to see what the consensus was regarding what version everyone was using and why. 

Thanks for all the responses folks much appreciated!
 

[Orphan264]

I use version 2.1 daily - it works great.

You can find it here: https://github.com/obarthel/amiga-smbfs/releases/tag/V2_1

There has been more development since 2.1 (I think it is up to 2.22 or similar) but my understanding was that 2.1 was a stable version. I can vouch for that.

[outlawal2]

Excellent thank you

If I may ask how are you using it? Meaning what are you connecting to on the other end?  Windows XP box, MAC, maybe a NAS?
Just trying to narrow things down a bit to remove as many variables as I can.  Thanks!

[Orphan264]

My Asus router has two USB ports, and allows for setting up an external drive for Samba sharing. I plugged in a 32 GB USB thumbdrive and set up a Samba share. I can access the share from my PC or my Amiga (using SMBFS)

Setting up the Amiga required putting an entry in my HOSTS file, so that the name resolution would work. Once that is in place, it all falls together nicely.

I actually have more trouble keeping the PC connected than the Amiga, thanks for Windows 10 updates which seem to constantly change settings.

I placed the SMBFS command in my Network-Startup script, and I keep it always available. On my amiga I access the share as device SMB0:, I also have the option to set up a volume that appears on Workbench.

I only stored compressed archives (LHA, ZIP, Etc) on the share because SMBFS sometimes doesn't get the file date/comments/protection bits quite right on the share, bit that hardly matters for LHA files.