[Samba] WINS over subnets
Aaron Kincer
kincera at gmail.com
Thu Sep 28 21:13:31 GMT 2006
Barry, Christopher wrote:
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> 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.
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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.
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