[Milhouse]

I should add: DHCP-assigned, and I did try with hostname without success.

You should probably try to configure your router so that it always assigns the laptop the same IP address, otherwise this is all a waste of time...

[damianoloan]

I've entered the username and password when using Add Network Location, it doesn't affect the result.

[Milhouse]

Let's forget about XBMC for now.

Connect to your Pi with ssh, and try to mount the CIFS share at the command line.

Make sure the folder /mnt/cifs exists, or use another folder and replace /mnt/cifs in the following commands.

Also, you will have to be root, so prefix each command with sudo or switch to the root user (sudo su -)

eg.

Code:

mount -t cifs //192.168.1.43/home/damian/Videos /mnt/cifs

and if you want to try with username/password:

Code:

mount -t cifs //192.168.1.43/home/damian/Videos /mnt/cifs -o username=<youruser>,password=<yourpassword>

See how far you get with this.

[damianoloan]

mount error (13): Permission denied

With both commands. My computer is rejecting my username and password? I don't understand at all.

There was no /mnt/cifs directory, and I was able to create it though.

I tried the same commands from a regular terminal on the 1225C, same output.

[Milhouse]

On your laptop, did you set a samba password? Try running "smbpasswd <username>" and set a password.

You could also try editing your smb.conf and change "security = user" to "security = share" and see if that helps.

[damianoloan]

I'm now using a static IP.

I hadn't set a Samba password, but I did so as you mentioned. I've edited smb.conf as described. I restarted the laptop after the second change.

I've tested the connection after each change but it always times out.

The only difference I can find is that my 1225C is not currently visible in my laptop's Windows Network file.

[Milhouse]

Well I'm out of ideas, I've never bothered setting up CIFS on Linux before. Sorry...

[damianoloan]

Ha, thanks for your efforts, very much appreciated. Anyone else who feels brave do feel free...

[mgroeneveld]

check this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHXIMnzs-kM
you can also try (see video first) witch the IP-adress of your server