WINS server

[Andrew Perrin - Demography]

Check out the thread on this group from a few months ago on browsing and
WINS (you can find it at www.samba.org).  The upshot is that WINS (name
lookup) and browsing are two wholly separate animals, although connected.
To browse across subnets you need some of the remote browsing options
(remote announce, remote browse sync), which incidentally work great.

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On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Max Wheatley wrote:

> Hi Guys
> 
> I need some hints..
> 
> Now if I have this right a WINS server allows you to "browse" a subnet
> on the other side of a router that does not relay netbios ( ?? )
> 
> That is what I would like it to do anyway ........
> 
> 
> OK I have "wins support = yes"
> 
> I have a /etc/lmhosts file.
> 
> On my NT / Win95 boxs they point to the ip address of the Samba server (
> which is working as a PDC ).
> 
> 
> Should I be able to use sambas "nmblookup name" and get the contents of
> the /etc/lmhosts file ???? Is there a equlivelent command for testing
> the WINS server under NT ??
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> max at zl2max.gen.nz
> max.wheatley at telecom.co.nz
>