[ducttape45]

I try that smb command and it comes back:

smb://192.168.50.183: No such file or directory

Yet I can ping the machine and that works fine.

[linMcHlp]

I am assuming that you do have connections between Windows machines and can file share between them.

The suggestions I have, are so you get a connection between Linux and Windows:

PING, accomplished
Connection, not yet accomplished (between Linux and Windows)
Share / sharing . . . later

Sometimes helps, when both machines each have a user account that is using the exact same username and password:

Machine A (Linux box)
Username: joeA
Password: smpassWordA

Machine B (Windows box)
Username: joeA
Password: smpassWordA

[linMcHlp]

Also, on the Windows machine (”Machine B”), create a folder (aka directory) to share:

C:\shthis

and enable sharing for it - and be sure that user “joeA” has full permission for access to that folder.

So, you would be trying to connect from the Linux box (”Machine A”) to:

smb://192.168.50.183/shthis

Or try to mount that share in the display for your Linux box.