[Samba] WINS and Subnets [was: Help: justification for Linux PDC vs Windows...]

[Greg J. Zartman, P.E.]

> You only need 1 WINS server for your organization (or 2 for redundancy). 
> We have multiple subnets here at OSU and only 2 WINS servers.  Our DHCP 
> servers had out the WINS server IP addresses to all clients, and Samba 
> is configured to use them as well.  You DO need a master browser on each 
> subnet.

Are you pointing your clients on a given subnet to the "local master" 
for WINS queries or the primary WINS server?

I have a couple subnets, but hand out the Primary WINS ip to ALL of my 
clients.  WINS browsing across the subnets fine, but updates from the 
subnets tend to be really slow.

Greg