Hello all,

Here is a line in the Platorm Builder help for both Windows CE 4.2 &
5.0

"The only network provider currently supported by Windows CE is the
Microsoft Windows Network."

Am I to assume that Windows CE does NOT support connection to UNIX or
Linux boxes via SMB./CIFS?

If that is true then how would anyone expect interoperability over the
internet?

If this is true does anyone know when or if it will be supported in 4.2
or 5.0?

Thanks!


Gary

Re: What is up with CIFS? by Steve

Steve
Fri Aug 25 17:17:18 CDT 2006

Microsoft Windows Network - *IS* CIFS. (MS released the specs as CIFS a
while back.)

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Steve Maillet
EmbeddedFusion
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smaillet at EmbeddedFusion dot com



Re: What is up with CIFS? by Gary

Gary
Fri Aug 25 18:27:37 CDT 2006


Steve Maillet (eMVP) wrote:
> Microsoft Windows Network - *IS* CIFS. (MS released the specs as CIFS a
> while back.)
>
> --
> Steve Maillet
> EmbeddedFusion
> www.EmbeddedFusion.com
> smaillet at EmbeddedFusion dot com

Steve,

Thanks for the reply. This does not answer the initial questions. Will
MS support any other network provider in Windows CE?

The connection to a Unix box does not work.


Re: What is up with CIFS? by Steve

Steve
Fri Aug 25 20:08:57 CDT 2006

MS supports SMB/CIFS out of the box with Windows CE, that's been true for a
very long time. If your server doesn't work then there's likely something
wrong with your server. The only other remote FS supported is WebDAV

--
Steve Maillet
EmbeddedFusion
www.EmbeddedFusion.com
smaillet at EmbeddedFusion dot com



Re: What is up with CIFS? by Gary

Gary
Mon Aug 28 15:21:34 CDT 2006

Steve Maillet (eMVP) wrote:
> MS supports SMB/CIFS out of the box with Windows CE, that's been true for a
> very long time. If your server doesn't work then there's likely something
> wrong with your server. The only other remote FS supported is WebDAV
>
> --
> Steve Maillet
> EmbeddedFusion
> www.EmbeddedFusion.com
> smaillet at EmbeddedFusion dot com

OK, thanks. But I do not read that from the documentation.
"The only network provider currently supported by Windows CE is the
Microsoft Windows Network."
This implies that only servers running MS networking and exposing the
CIFS mount points will work with CE.
The XP laptop does correctly connect and mounts the shared folders but
the CE devices do not. I get error 53, network not found.



Gary