http://www.swerdna.net.au/linhowtosambabrowse.html

See Name Resolution Option # 2...

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Jeffrey Randow
jeffreycentex@gmail.com
Windows Networking MVP 2001-2006
http://www.networkblog.net

On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 15:22:42 +0530, jog <jog.2yqz3c@DoNotSpam.com>
wrote:

>
>After many unsuccessfull attempts with regedit (as that would solve all
>my problems!), I managed to connect to my linux-based samba server from
>Vista Home Premium by entering the IP address of the server instead of
>the name.
>
>I guess I have something non-configured on the server...
>
>So, I just map the drive normally, but instead of
>\\servername\sharename
>I use \\a.b.c.d\sharename where a.b.c.d is the ipaddress.
>
>Good luck!