Connecting to Airport Extreme SMB sharing

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.Configure USB disk on airport extreme in every 3 ways possible (Airport 
password,using disk 
password, with accounts). I can see my shared folder in my mac and my pc in 
every 
configuration.
2.Edit the smb.conf on wii, with the options allowed
3.Get error reconnecting smb

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
See my files in the shared directory. 

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Using airport extreme, wii 4.1, mplayer-ce 0.76

Do you have a modchip?
No

Please provide any additional information below.
The report on Airport show:

Dec 02 09:43:24 Gravedad:3  SMB/CIFS login failed from T%<nodomain>@192.168.1.24.
Dec 02 09:43:24 Gravedad:3  SMB/CIFS login failed from W%<nodomain>@192.168.1.24.

Note: (192.168.1.24)-->Wii

The letter before <nodomain> change depends on what disk share configuration i 
use in the 
airport disk share

When i connect from the pc (directly via smb, without any mac stuff ;)) the 
airport reports:

Dec 02 09:44:28 Gravedad:5  SMB/CIFS login OK from t%PC@192.168.1.22.

I tested a lot of smb.conf configurations like:

#Samba share1  (smb1:/)
ip1=192.168.1.20
share1="Share"
user1=user
pass1=pass

#Samba share2  (smb2:/)
ip2=192.168.1.20
share2="Share"
user2=WII\user
pass2=pass

Does anybody can connect to an Airport shared usb disk?

BTW: I tested sharing a folder on my mac or my pc and watch movies on the wii, 
and it works, 
but i want to do it directly from the airport connected disk.

Thanks (sorry for my poor english)

Original issue reported on code.google.com by doblesec...@yahoo.es on 2 Dec 2009 at 9:18

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please try to test using only one samba share, and let me know the result.

Original comment by qia...@gmail.com on 10 Dec 2009 at 5:29

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do quiang0 suggestion also clear or remove or rename ftp.conf, then you will 
have
only 1 wifi connection if don't work then I'll do a samba test program to try to
debug the error.
I'm sure the problem is in libtinysmb, this lib is very very simple and 
incomplete.
Maybe someone can port smbclient from linux  ;)

Original comment by rodries@gmail.com on 10 Dec 2009 at 9:05

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I'm using one network connection from the wii and is experiencing the same 
issue. I am trying to connect to an 
Apple Time Capsule (likely some smb/cifs stack at the airport extreme).

I will help with testing if someone can provide help.
Thanks!

/Stefan

Original comment by spacec...@gmail.com on 6 Feb 2010 at 9:24

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try this beta:
http://www.mediafire.com/?dyjig4mdyjg

and fix your wii ip address, DON'T use dynamic ip (dhcp)

Original comment by rodries@gmail.com on 7 Feb 2010 at 10:05

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I tried rodries solution, following suggestions above, and I think he made a 
little step forward.
Now I can authenticate on Airpot Base, but after that MPlayer crashes at next 
button pressed on wiimote.
I checked the log on Airport Base and it states the login was ok. On Wii are 
returned error codes, too many
numbers to write them down here. But a took a photo to the screen, should it be 
useful. 
You can see the picture here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/filvent/ErroreWii?authkey=Gv1sRgCLr6w8-Hw5aXOg&feat=
directlink
I hope it will help.
My Wii has System menu 4.0E and no modchip. MPlayer works great on direct 
attached USB disk.
Bye,
Filippo

Original comment by filv...@gmail.com on 12 Feb 2010 at 8:02

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filvent, 
when do you have the crash? accessing to your samba? do you see the directory 
files?
are you using special chars in your dirs?
I have to send you specials versions of mplayer to get info about your Airport
and a few test programs, so contact me by email (rodries@gmail.com) or in the 
irc 
channel (irc://irc.efnet.net/mplayer_ce)

Original comment by rodries@gmail.com on 12 Feb 2010 at 8:33

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I have the same problem that filvent. However, my repertory is called 
“media” and have any special chars.

I hope someone have solution

Original comment by cossette...@gmail.com on 17 Feb 2010 at 2:04

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I seem to have the same issue with my "time capsule". If I can be of any help 
testing
some stuff, please let me know.

Original comment by vin...@gmail.com on 26 Feb 2010 at 8:45

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Today Apple released a new Airport Extreme and Time Capsule firmware update.
I will check MPlayerCE with the new firmware and will let you know if there is 
any changes.

Original comment by filv...@gmail.com on 1 Apr 2010 at 7:57

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Thanks everybody, right now the MplayerCE is working quite good, with some 
issues,
but at least working... hope everyone is happy as I’m with this!

Original comment by doblesec...@yahoo.es on 2 Apr 2010 at 11:52

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Ok, I tried both released 0.76 and beta 0.77 MPlayer CE versions with new 
Airport Extreme firmware, but nothing 
changed.

Original comment by filv...@gmail.com on 6 Apr 2010 at 8:26

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filvent
try this beta:
http://www.mediafire.com/?m1nn0oelzzy

Original comment by rodries@gmail.com on 6 Apr 2010 at 1:50

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I tried new beta, but MPlayerCE always crashes after accessing network share.
Should it be necessary I can post the screenshot of error dump. Let me know.

Original comment by filv...@gmail.com on 8 Apr 2010 at 6:34

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filvent
try this new beta: http://www.mediafire.com/?oagmzmmz22m

Original comment by rodries@gmail.com on 9 Apr 2010 at 6:11

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rodries
it works!!!
Very good job!!!
It still has some issues, but I can now connect to my SMB shares on a Airport 
Extreme Disk and I can play 
videos. For now I only tried to access FAT32 partitions, but I think this 
doesn't matter to MplayerCE, but only 
to AE. Anyway I will test other file systems, just to find out if they works.
I will check in next days if crashes occur during long playing, at the moment I 
could just test if videos start to 
play, and they do.
Usually the first time I try to access SMB share, MPlayerCE returns a 
connection error or an error dump, as 
previous betas. After restarting MPlayerCE usually it connects and works. 
When I will have more testing data I will report them here, should they be 
useful for future releases.
If you need any more information, please ask me.
Thank you for the excellent work you made! 

Original comment by filv...@gmail.com on 10 Apr 2010 at 9:57

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what I need is a a pcap file generated with wireshark to analyze how your 
airport samba 
server works
please make a pcap file installing wireshark in your pc and copy a file from 
your 
airport to your pc, if you need help connect to irc channel and ping me, I'll 
try to 
improve samba client

Original comment by rodries@gmail.com on 10 Apr 2010 at 3:30

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well what I really need is a trace when you get an error connection between wii 
& 
airport but I can't imagine how to get it
maybe I can create a samba test program to log the communication, ping me if 
you want 
to help me improving airpot support to wii

Original comment by rodries@gmail.com on 10 Apr 2010 at 3:35

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I've done a tcpdump while smbmounting and copying a file from my "time capsule" 
to my
mac.
maybe you can do something with this.

I can confirm filvent experience, that i need 2 tries to connect with my wii, 
but
then it works as expected.

if you need anything else? let me know, maybe someone with a wired WII 
connected to a
hub could do a tcpdump when the connection error is occuring.

but i don't have the ethernet adaptor for the wii.

thx for all the effort rodries!

Original comment by vin...@gmail.com on 10 Apr 2010 at 8:33

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thks vinvis, now I need the codedump numbers to trace the error

Original comment by rodries@gmail.com on 11 Apr 2010 at 10:12

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Do you mean the dump returned by the wii? I don't have the latest version dump, 
but I have the one from 
previous version (dated late march, I think march the 30th). You can find it 
here: 
http://picasaweb.google.com/filvent/ErroreWii_april?authkey=Gv1sRgCLuE-qa6qcKq3A
E&feat=directlink
I will make a screenshot from the latest version as soon as I can.

Original comment by filv...@gmail.com on 12 Apr 2010 at 6:59

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filvent, vinvis
I need the codedump using this new beta

The ideal info is what vinvis has told
"maybe someone with a wired WII connected to a
hub could do a tcpdump when the connection error is occuring"
then I can fix it for sure

Original comment by rodries@gmail.com on 12 Apr 2010 at 9:59

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rodries,
here it is dump from new beta
http://picasaweb.google.com/filvent/ErroreWii02?authkey=Gv1sRgCJ2E7NCW6LPdCA&fea
t=directlink

Original comment by filv...@gmail.com on 13 Apr 2010 at 6:47

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hi filvent
I have a new beta to prevent codedump but there is a problem in the samba 
client with 
the airport that I can't fix properly without a tcpdump
http://www.mediafire.com/?tu1yyoziy4y

Original comment by rodries@gmail.com on 13 Apr 2010 at 9:11

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rodries
unfotunely I can't provide a tcpdump of wii-airport communication.
However I tried the new beta and it seems to work very well.
The only issue I found is that, the first time I access the first share just an 
empty screen appear (just MPlayerCE 
background). Then I just have to press B button to go back and I can access 
every shares without problems.

Original comment by filv...@gmail.com on 14 Apr 2010 at 6:23

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filvent I've fixed the codedump, but I don't know why the first time you access 
to your 
airport the smb client return 0 files, that's the codedump reason, I can do an 
ugly 
hack trying to reopen the directory if the first time return 0 files, but I'd 
like to 
fix it properly
The dol with the ugly hack, test and comment:
http://www.mediafire.com/?zfngmhlnxzt

Original comment by rodries@gmail.com on 14 Apr 2010 at 10:56

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rodries,
it seems to work.
Now I can access my share without need to go back and in again.
I'm sorry that I can't help to fix the client properly. Should you write a test 
program
to investigate the issue I will be happy to run it and return results.
Thank you for your great job, now my brand new 1.5TB hard drive attached to my 
Airport Base is
populating with my movies and series. :-)

Original comment by filv...@gmail.com on 15 Apr 2010 at 7:00

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this is fixed mark as fixed

Original comment by Gamewiza...@gmail.com on 16 Apr 2010 at 3:46

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Hello all, 

Sorry to re-awake this thread but I too have a very similar problem when trying 
to connect via SMB to a Time Capsule.  I have tried 
everything in this thread, I have updated to the newest Time Capsule firmware 
and have downloaded the hacked .dol file posted 
by rodries on Apr 14.  

Samba works no problem when connecting to my mac book pro, but it would be a 
great improvement to be able to access the 
video files directly from my Time Capsule, thus being independent of the laptop 
when watching films. 

Perhaps filvent could tell me exactly what he has entered in the smb.conf file? 
 My two entries look like this: 

#Samba share1  (smb1:/)
ip1=192.168.2.1
share1=Video
user1=
pass1=

#Samba share2  (smb2:/)
ip2=192.168.2.1
share2=Video
user2=User Name
pass2=pass

I have also tried with just one Samba entry, but to no avail. 

According to my mac key chain access my user name for the TIme Capsule is two 
words seperated by a space.  So I tried 
enclosing my user name in quotation marks, for example i have tried user2:"User 
Name".

My password for the TIme capsule is a single word.  The time Capsule appears to 
be set up to allow every client read&write 
access. 

What am i doing wrong??!!!  

Any pointers would be GREATLY appreciated. 

Rich. 

PS:  Thank you for a GREAT product.  I use MPlayer_CE so much, i cant live 
without it any more. It would be just so so sweet if i 
could access my Time Capsule directly...

Original comment by RichUs...@gmail.com on 13 May 2010 at 10:59

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RichUsher, did you check your TC access policy?
You have to use disk password option for protecting your data on TC and leave 
blank user name in smb.conf
What is the exact  behavior  of MPlayer CE when you try to access your TC? And 
what is logged on TC?
Through the log we could see if problem is authentication or something else. 
Let me know.
Fil

Original comment by filv...@gmail.com on 18 May 2010 at 6:42

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uhmm
try
ip3=192.168.2.1
share3=Video
user3="User Name"
pass3=pass

also tell me you mac book ip address & wii ip address to be sure all ips are in 
the
same range
if doesn't work I'll give you a samba test program
but I need your samba server config, are you sure you are using an user & 
password?

Original comment by rodries@gmail.com on 18 May 2010 at 6:49

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hi guys, 
many thanks for the tips and sorry for the delay in replying.

In the end, after playing with the Time Capsule settings it all started 
working. Instead of disk password as 
suggested by filvent I'm currently connecting using my "Time Capsule password" 
and network user name.  IP 
Address is 192.168.2.1, which i have set as a fixed ip address. 

It connects no probs, but crashes more often than when connecting over the 
macbook pro.  If i pause for any 
significant length of time (>1min) then its almost guaranteed to crash. It 
stack dumps and reboots after the 
8secs.  It hardly ever does this when connecting to the macbook. 

In the meantime i've discovered rodries other project, WiiMC, which is 
fantastic. Thank you.  Here the smb 
connection to the TC worked like a dream, but i still get much more regular 
crashes than when connecting to 
the mac book.  Similar thing happens after long pauses using Wii MC.  

If u need me to do any tests let me know.  

thanks for two great projects,
R

Original comment by RichUs...@gmail.com on 26 May 2010 at 5:52

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Filvent, Rodries, RichUser....

Hopefully people are still checking out this thread. It's the only thing I have 
found near to what I'm looking for. I'm a noob, just hack my Wii (at the 
assistance of a friend) yesterday. Well...I have a Time Capsule, in which I 
currently have all my Music, Videos and Pictures. I usually run things from 
here to my macbook that I connect to my tv to view. 

Now with the purchase of the Wii, I would like to have my Wii pull files from 
my Time Capsule in the same way in order to play Music, Videos and look at 
Pictures. 

Question -
1. Is this possible to do? Can it be done wirelessly or via the USB port?
2. If it is possible can someone provide me with a step by step noob guidance?

PS...Here is my direct email so to send me info and remain in dialoge. 
chamgea@gmail.com
PSS...I'm pretty family with how to access my AirportUtility so I am able to 
access my Time Capsule info. So, if you can give me instructions from this 
point that would be great, thanks to anyone that can help me!

Original comment by Cham...@gmail.com on 28 Nov 2010 at 2:52