My smb connection to my windows pc stopped working

After working all week, now my connection to the my old PC stopped worked. Using Finder it just tells me that that "Connection Failed" . Check the server name and IP address and try again. I have tried with both IP and server name. Even rebooted both systems. Then tried to use the smb command line to get more information. Got the following:


smbclient //linda_pc_1/users

read_socket_with_timeout: timeout read. read error = Connection reset by peer.

Receiving SMB: Server stopped responding

protocol negotiation failed


Thanks for any help.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Aug 13, 2011 12:15 PM

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Aug 13, 2011 4:03 PM in response to ManoMurf

After restarting the windows machine (twice?) this has magically started working.


Linda$ smbclient //linda_pc_1/documents

Password:

Domain=[LINDA_PC_1] OS=[Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium 6002 Service Pack 2] Server=[Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium 6.0]

smb: \> dir

. DR 0 Sat Aug 13 16:20:14 2011

.. DR 0 Sat Aug 13 16:20:14 2011

.DS_Store AH 6148 Sat Aug 13 16:20:19 2011

desktop.ini AHS 280 Sun Jan 20 20:43:21 2008

ImageConverter Plus D 0 Sun Apr 11 08:30:40 2010

Karen Elkins.jpg A 1163 Thu Jul 28 19:56:46 2011

My Music DHS 0 Tue Sep 23 19:27:28 2008

My Pictures DHS 0 Tue Sep 23 19:27:28 2008

My Videos DHS 0 Tue Sep 23 19:27:28 2008

Note.jpg A 35788 Thu Jul 28 18:45:41 2011

scan 537 rivercrest.pdf A 1087351 Mon Jul 11 12:27:59 2011

scan aa.jpg A 4803 Thu Jul 28 20:00:44 2011

scan copy of bill.jpg A 698921 Thu Jul 28 19:13:53 2011

scan.jpg A 11984 Thu Jul 28 19:53:59 2011

scan.pdf A 26104048 Sat Jul 9 17:07:35 2011

scankaren.jpg A 805746 Thu Jul 28 18:29:50 2011

scankaren.pdf A 870804 Thu Jul 28 18:21:56 2011

scan_537_rivercrest.pdf A 816043 Sun Jul 24 16:02:38 2011



57691 blocks of size 8388608. 36833 blocks available

smb: \>



Go figure .... some windows service that was crashing ?? still interested if anyone has any opinions.


Thanks for any help

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