inter-network

[Andy Polyakov]

Hi all

> > > ok, I have a second question.  Is it possible to set it up so that if a
> > > machine is broadcasting on a network (seperated from a private network
> by a
> > > Samba server) that the broadcast can also be seen on the private network
> > > (and vice versa)?
> 
> If you must have the broadcasts
> relayed, you could setup a port forwarder with an address something like
> xxx.xxx.xxx.255:12345 to xxx.xxx.xxx.255:12345. Can anyone tell me what port
> is used for SMB discovery broadcasts ?

It's UDP ports 137 and 138. See mine
http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/SITE/msn_tunnel.c for an implementation. No
it's not NAT aware and both segments are expected to be reachable from
each other.

Andy.