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Lisa -- the LAN browser
22 January 2007
This is maddening to configure, but great once it's working.
Critical quirks:
- You must manually stop it and then start it
- /etc/init.d/stop lisa
- /etc/init.d/start lisa
If this worked, you'll see
root@clitunno:/etc# /etc/init.d/lisa stop
Stopping LAN Information Server: lisa.
root@clitunno:/etc# /etc/init.d/lisa start
Starting LAN Information Server: lisa.
root@clitunno:/etc#
If you don't see "Starting LAN Information Server: lisa." on its own
line, with the prompt on a new line afterwards, it didn't work!
- "just restart lisa" never works
- "/etc/init.d/lisa start" also fails -- silently
- You have to stop it first and then start it.
There may be other quirks -- for instance, it used to be the case that
if there was a blank line at the end of the configuration file, nothing
would work.
Example configuration -- tested and works, and restricts the list to machines of interest:
PingAddresses = 128.97.221.30-128.97.221.41;128.97.42.3;128.97.42.4;128.97.42.11;
PingNames = brazzi;chianti;lucca;prato;pisa;siena;cybers;spello;mail;nicco;merton;
AllowedAddresses = 128.97.221.0/255.255.255.0;128.97.42.3;128.97.42.4;128.97.42.11;
BroadcastNetwork = 128.97.221.0/255.255.255.192;
SearchUsingNmblookup =
1
#also try nmblookup
FirstWait =
30
#30 hundredth seconds
SecondWait =
-1
#only one try
#SecondWait =
60
#try twice, and the second time wait 0.6 seconds
UpdatePeriod =
300
#update after 300 secs
DeliverUnnamedHosts =
0
#don't publish hosts without name
MaxPingsAtOnce =
256
#send up to 256 ICMP echo requests at once
Great little utility once it's up and running. The command in konqueror
is simply "lan://localhost", or just click on the Lan Browser icon
under Services.
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