Don't know if this will help but... I have a 2 box network, Wheezy and Win2K, cable connected and able to access directories on the Win2K box from Debian. Never needed to go the other way. The Linux box is named playground, the Win2K box South40. There is a router between them but it's not necessary (belt&suspenders).
On the Linux side: These packages installed: cifs-utils libfilesys-smbclient-perl libsmbclient samba-common samba-common-bin smbclient /etc/hosts has these entries. 192.168.1.1 router 192.168.1.2 playground play 192.168.1.3 south40 s40 /etc/hostname contains: playground /etc/network/interfaces has these lines: # The primary network interface allow-hotplug eth1 iface eth1 inet static address 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.1.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 /etc/fstab has these entries: //south40/H$/docs /south40/docs cifs noauto,rw,user,credentials=/home/mike/smb.psswd,uid=1000,file_mode=0755,dir_mode=0755,nounix,noserverino 0 0 //south40/I$/MP3s /south40/MP3s cifs noauto,rw,user,credentials=/home/mike/smb.psswd,uid=1000,file_mode=0755,dir_mode=0755,nounix,noserverino 0 0 # docs & MP3s on different partitions /home/mike/smb.psswd has 600 permissions and contains: username=Win2K_user password=Win2K_password I have a small iptables firewall that must allow traffic to/from Win2K. To access the Win2K files: root@/deb73:/> mount /south40/docs On the Win2K side: StartMenu/ControlPanel/System/NetworkID/Properties: Computer Name = south40 Member of workgroup = WORKGROUP StartMenu/ControlPanel/System/NetworkID/NetworkID: launches wizard Home use, Users must enter user name and password StartMenu/Control Panel/Internet Options/Internet Properties/Security/Local Intranet/Sites/Advanced/: 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.2 StartMenu/Settings/Network and Dial-up Connections/Local Area Connection right click Properties check: Client for Microsoft Networks File and Printer sharing Internet Protocol(TCP/IP) select Internet Protocol(TCP/IP)/Properties: Use the following IP address: IP Addr: 192.168.1.3 Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway: 192.168.1.2 Use the following DNS server addresses: Prefered DSN: 208.67.222.222 Alternate: 208.67.220.220 select Advanced/WINS/Enable NETBIOS over TCP/IP create C:\shared & shared it (only used with smbclient to pass files back & forth). C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc\hosts: 192.168.1.2 playground HTH, Mike -- Seven deadly sins: Anger, gluttony, envy, sloth, avarice, lust and pride. I practice most of these so guess I'll die one day.