Fwd: nmbd question

Buchan Milne bgmilne at ing.sun.ac.za
Wed Dec 6 18:13:33 GMT 2000


Buchan Milne wrote:
> 
> I am not sure if it would work to make your PDC a wins server, and point
> all the machines at the wins server. Also make sure you aren't running
> NETBEUI.
> 
> Buchan
> 
> Gerry Maddock wrote:
> >
> > Ok, I have samba running as a PDC, file and print server. With Samba as
> > the PDC, I was able to browse over routed networks to our systems at
> > branch offices. Things are working great, but I had to restart the
> > server this morning and now when I search network neighborhood, I can
> > only see a few sys this is even with a screen refresh. Most computers
> > are not showing up. If I really want to access a sys that I cannot see,
> > I can do a "find computer" and it shows up. This is not a big deal, b/c
> > after a day or two all systems will eventually show up again. My
> > question is: Is there anyway I can speed this up??? In /etc/smb.con I
> > have the os level as 64 to win the election. I have HUP'd nmbd a few
> > times, but no luck.
> 
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Buchan Milne                Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager
Cellphone                                           +27824722231
email                               mailto:bgmilne at ing.sun.ac.za
Centre for Automotive Engineering           http://www.cae.co.za
South Africas first satellite:        http://sunsat.ee.sun.ac.za
Control Models                          http://www.control.co.za
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