>>Ok, I checked the IP addresses and here's the skinny: the adapter has 192.168.1.0
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>That's the "Network", and is correct.
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>>the host address on linuxconf is 192.168.1.1 and the netmask is 255.255.255.0.
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>That sounds good.
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>>There is also the loopback address which I didn't change from the default.
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>Your loopback address is always 127.0.0.1.
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>>The same subnet mask is set on the NT workstation PC TCP/IP properties. The address on the NT NIC is 192.168.1.2
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>Good. Both machines are on the same network.
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>>I also specified a default gateway address hoping to get it working to no avail.
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>You don't want to do that if you don't have a machine acting as a router (or an actual router).
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>>Both machines are running under workgroup "WORKGROUP".
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>ok
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>>What is conflicting is that when I start nmbd it states that it is running on subnet 192.168.1.x (something). Shouldn't it be the 255.x value?
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>Nope. That is correct. The 255.255.255.0 is the netmask. It defines the class of the network (range of IP's). The SMB protocol only works on single class C's at a time (255.255.255.0 is a class C network).
>Are you running WINS? Are you doing any sort of filtering on the NT machine?
>Can you post or email your smb.conf file?
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>j

I was hoping this will give enough information but I guess I'll post the smb.conf instead.

Thanks.