entware wsdd2 not working?

[zd59]

Installed entware Samba4 & wsdd2 on Asus RT-AC86U.

net view on a windows machine do not show router samba share.
I must provide IP of a router for a share to appear:
net view \\10.10.10.1 will show shares.
wsdd2 service is running (ps show a service)

 

[RMerlin]

I don't think net view supports WSD. Explorer shows my router and reports discovering it through WSD, but net view doesn't show anything but my PC itself.

 

[ColinTaylor]

I don't think net view supports WSD. Explorer shows my router and reports discovering it through WSD, but net view doesn't show anything but my PC itself.

This is my understanding as well. net view shows the NetBIOS devices not the WSD devices.

 

[zd59]

I don't think net view supports WSD. Explorer shows my router and reports discovering it through WSD, but net view doesn't show anything but my PC itself.

Raspberry PI, Slackware both are visible in Windows Explorer with shown shares.
Asus is shown in Windows Explorer, but after click on it, the error appear. See attached picture.
smb.conf - "browseable = yes" in global and share section.

 

[RMerlin]

Raspberry PI, Slackware both are visible in Windows Explorer with shown shares.
Asus is shown in Windows Explorer, but after click on it, the error appear. See attached picture.
smb.conf - "browseable = yes" in global and share section.

Where did that "Asus" name came from? Is it really your router's hostname?

 

[ColinTaylor]

I 'm sure that net view supports WSD, I use it for a long time. You can deploy my system which can be deployed on both Asuswrt and Asuswrt-Merlin, https://github.com/JACK-THINK/SCRIPTS-BOOTLOADER-FOR-ASUS-ROUTER, and install samba4 addon in it. I'm sure you can find your router in net view in Windows 10.

The problem is when you do not specify the server IP address. e.g.:

net view

 

[JACK-THINK]

The problem is when you do not specify the server IP address. e.g.:

net view

You get the point! I'm so sorry for I didn't catch it before.

 

[zd59]

Where did that "Asus" name came from? Is it really your router's hostname?

Yes Asus is a routers NETBIOS name:

admin@Asus:/tmp/home/root# cat /opt/etc/samba/smb.conf
[global]
browseable = yes
dns proxy = no
workgroup = doma
netbios name = Asus
server string = Asus

C:\Users\zd>net view \\Asus
System error 53 has occurred.

The network path was not found.

C:\Users\zd>net view \\10.200.200.1
Shared resources at \\10.200.200.1

Asus

Share name  Type  Used as  Comment

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
bck         Disk  Z:
The command completed successfully.

I have a Linux machine also with Samba, and net view reply with shown samba share.
Interesting: ping asus (this router) - no reply, ping linux machine - reply.
ping by IP number, both reply.
I do not have any data in hosts file on Windows machine where I'm testing connectivity.

 

[ColinTaylor]

Interesting: ping asus (this router) - no reply, ping linux machine - reply.
ping by IP number, both reply.
I do not have any data in hosts file on Windows machine where I'm testing connectivity.

My guess would be that you don't have DNS configured correctly on the client or wsdd2 is not working. What is the exact error message you get from the failing ping?

 

[zd59]

The first ping is to my linux box, the second one is Asus RT-AC86U by name, the last by IP.

The machine where ping was executed is Windows 10 Ent. (VPN from work) with empty hosts file:

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.10240]
(c) 2015 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

ping zoneminder

Pinging zoneminder [10.200.200.99] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 10.200.200.99: bytes=32 time=88ms TTL=64
Reply from 10.200.200.99: bytes=32 time=305ms TTL=64
Reply from 10.200.200.99: bytes=32 time=221ms TTL=64
Reply from 10.200.200.99: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 10.200.200.99:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 32ms, Maximum = 305ms, Average = 161ms

ping asus
Ping request could not find host asus. Please check the name and try again.

ping 10.200.200.1 - IP address of Asus router

Pinging 10.200.200.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 10.200.200.1: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=64
Reply from 10.200.200.1: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=64
Reply from 10.200.200.1: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=64
Reply from 10.200.200.1: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 10.200.200.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 11ms, Maximum = 13ms, Average = 11ms

I get the same results on home network (local LAN).
This points to Asus, not else, as linux machine is visible by name.

 

[ColinTaylor]

That seems to confirm that your Windows client cannot resolve the name "Asus" by any of its methods. The post I linked to shows that Entware's wsdd2 is currently broken so I suggest that you wait for that to be updated at then try again. In the meantime you might want to investigate why the "Asus" hostname is not being resolved by your DNS server.

EDIT: In the absence of other methods (e.g. hosts file, NetBIOS, DNS, etc.) Windows will use LLMNR to resolve names. The default install of Entware's wsdd2 only enables WSDD (which is not a name resolver AFAIK). To enable name resolution with wsdd2 you need to add the "-l" parameter to /opt/etc/init.d/S99wsdd2 or remove the "-w".

 

[JACK-THINK]

The first ping is to my linux box, the second one is Asus RT-AC86U by name, the last by IP.

The machine where ping was executed is Windows 10 Ent. (VPN from work) with empty hosts file:




I get the same results on home network (local LAN).
This points to Asus, not else, as linux machine is visible by name.

I have tested it a lot of time and here's the conclusion.

wsdd2 from Asuswrt-Merlin just broadcasts the value of 'nvram get computer_name' without fetching any value from /etc/smb.conf or /opt/etc/samba/smb.conf, even there is no /etc/smb.conf.

wsdd2 from Entware will fetch "netbios name = " value from /opt/etc/samba/smb.conf.


As I stated here (https://www.snbforums.com/threads/w...suswrt-merlin-384-12.57270/page-2#post-500869), in order to make wsdd2 from Entware or Asuswrt-Merlin run properly, You MUST run 'nvram get computer_name' and paste the value you get on the right of "netbios name = " in /etc/smb.conf or /opt/etc/samba/smb.conf. If you don't set it like this, you can still discover the share with the netbios name you set, but you can never connect to it successfully from Network Neighbour in Windows 10.


I set "netbios name = RT-AC86U-0EF0", then I get things below

Microsoft Windows [版本 10.0.17763.557]
(c) 2018 Microsoft Corporation。保留所有权利。
C:\Users\SM-SERVER>ping RT-AC86U-0EF0
正在 Ping RT-AC86U-0EF0.local [192.168.1.1] 具有 32 字节的数据:
来自 192.168.1.1 的回复: 字节=32 时间<1ms TTL=64
来自 192.168.1.1 的回复: 字节=32 时间<1ms TTL=64
来自 192.168.1.1 的回复: 字节=32 时间<1ms TTL=64
来自 192.168.1.1 的回复: 字节=32 时间<1ms TTL=64
192.168.1.1 的 Ping 统计信息:
数据包: 已发送 = 4，已接收 = 4，丢失 = 0 (0% 丢失)，
往返行程的估计时间(以毫秒为单位):
最短 = 0ms，最长 = 0ms，平均 = 0ms
C:\Users\SM-SERVER>

 

[RMerlin]

wsdd2 from Asuswrt-Merlin just broadcasts the value of 'nvram get computer_name' without fetching any value from /etc/smb.conf or /opt/etc/samba/smb.conf, even there is no /etc/smb.conf.

That is incorrect. Nvram is not used:

void get_smbinfo(struct endpoint *ep)
{
#define __FUNCTION__    "get_smbinfo"
    char buf[256];
    FILE *fp;

    if (!netbiosname)
        netbiosname = malloc(HOST_NAME_MAX + 1);
    if (!workgroup)
        workgroup = malloc(15);

    strcpy(netbiosname, "");
    strcpy(workgroup, "");

        if (!(fp = fopen("/etc/smb.conf","r"))) {
        ep->_errno = errno;
        ep->errstr = __FUNCTION__ ": Can't access smb.conf";
        goto exit;
        }

    while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) && (!*netbiosname || !*workgroup)) {
        if (!*workgroup)
            sscanf(buf, "workgroup = %14[^\n]s", workgroup);
        if (!*netbiosname)
            sscanf(buf, "netbios name = %16[^\n]s", netbiosname);
    }
    fclose(fp);

exit:
    /* Set defaults if needed */
    if (!*netbiosname)
        strncpy(netbiosname, hostname, 16);
    if (!*workgroup)
        strcpy(workgroup, "WORKGROUP");
#undef __FUNCTION__
}

 

[zd59]

admin@Asus:/tmp/home/root# nvram get computer_name
Asus
admin@Asus:/tmp/home/root# cat /opt/etc/samba/smb.conf |grep netbios
netbios name = Asus
admin@Asus:/tmp/home/root#

and

admin@Asus:/tmp/home/root# /opt/etc/init.d/rc.unslung check
Checking wsdd2... alive.

As of above, all is set correct and wsdd2 running from entware.