Cross-subnet browsing with multiple domains/workgroups

[Bob Franklin]

Hi,

I'm trying to set up browsing across subnets to provide an 
'enterprise'-wide (sorry for the MS term ;-) browse list / Network 
Neighbourhood.

I've read BROWSING.TXT, but I can't see how machines on different subnets 
in different domains/workgroups sync up (using Samba, anyway).

On my local subnet, I've set up a clunky old Linux 386 (Samba 1.9.18p8) 
as the browse master (workgroup = a) and I've got a central server 
(Solaris; Samba 1.9.18p8, too) doing WINS and has a big 'os level' on a 
central point on the network.  The two machines are on different subnets.

I've tried to get the Linux machine to sync up with the central machine 
using 'remote browse sync' but it says that it is not in the same 
workgroup/domain and cannot sync.

The really odd part (to me, anyway) is that the central machine has a big 
browse list which contains the names of domains/workgroups all over 
campus, but no-one else has configured their machines to know about it 
(since it's only experimental) and it would not be reached by normal IP 
subnet broadcast rules.  The central machine also has the name of the 
workgroup which the Linux server mastering.  How does that happen?

Is this is general problem (and I'm missing something / doing something 
wrong) or is it a problem with Samba not being able to pass information 
down for the master browser back to the local browser for different 
(non-local subnets)?

  - Bob


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