Syncing WINS

[Davide Dozza]

The parameters are:

remote browse sync
remote announce

If you configure them and all Windows machines points to the WINS server 
all works.
Local master election does the job. If you don't want a broadcasting 
approach, you have to choice a local master into the subnet without WINS 
(for example a OtherSambaServer with OS level = 67) and configure the 
WINS server with the option

remote announce = OtherSambaServer
remote browse sync = OtherSambaServer

It will collect the resources list from such subnet and it will trasmit 
to the WINS server.

Ciao

Davide


Robert Dege wrote:

> Keith,
> 
> 1st, Thanks for the reply.
> 
> 2nd.  Are you implying that WINS can span multiple subnets?  I thought
> that NetBIOS in general was incapable of spanning subnets, based on the
> broadcasting restrictions.
> 
> That's why I thought I needed 2 WINS servers.
> 
> -Rob
> 
> 
> 
>>|From: samba-admin at lists.samba.org
>>|[mailto:samba-admin at lists.samba.org]On
>>|Behalf Of Robert Dege
>>|Sent: 25 January 2002, Friday 14:56
>>|To: samba at lists.samba.org
>>|Subject: Syncing WINS
>>
>>[snip]
>>
>>|
>>|I have 2 subnets: 172.28.x.x & 192.168.100.X  The 2 subnets are
>>|connected via a VPN, so there are no blocked ports that I'm aware of.
>>|
>>|I have a Samba WINS Server on each subnet, and want to sync them
>>|together so that everybody can see everybody else.  Is this
>>|possible via
>>|remote browse sync?
>>
>>If you use samba as a WINS server, you should have one and only one.
>>Otherwise you will create havoc everywhere on your net.
>>
>>remote browse sync deals with syncing browse lists and nothing more.
>>The correct way to do this, I believe (as it's worked for me), is to
>>point ALL smb clients (windows & samba alike) to your singular samba
>>WINS server.  Then everyone should be happy.
>>
>>