[Samba] WINS over subnets

[John H Terpstra]

On Thursday 28 September 2006 16:13, Aaron Kincer wrote:
> Barry, Christopher wrote:
> > For each host on 192.168.3.0/24, manually add in the WINS address of
> > hgsserver in the wireless NIC configuration. Because WINS does not jump
> > routers, you'll need to tell the client where to find this information.
>
> This is not entirely correct. Many routers can be configured to forward
> NetBIOS and WINS frames. Firewalls that split subnets off different
> interfaces can do it too. However, it can be messy to forward broadcast
> frames.

WINS uses UDP unicast (directed UDP) which is routable. What you have referred 
to is known as "NetBIOS helper agent" - a router configuration option that 
can perform forwarding of NetBIOS UDP broadcasts. This option is a VERY bad 
thing and is totally unecessary if WINS is correctly configured and if 
clients are working as they should.

- John T.