Network Neighbourhood

[Richard Sharpe]

At 10:03 AM 12/7/00 +0000, Shaun Lipscombe wrote:
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>I have two IP networks joined by a linux router.  Each ip network is
>its own workgroup.  I have the router as a WINS server and it is also
>the MASTER browser for WorkgroupA.  A machine in WorkgroupB is the
>local master browser for WorkgroupB and is a logon server for Windows
>9x clients.  Doing a smbclient -L machine, shows that the machines are
>performing the intended role but every now and then one of the
>browsers disapears from the list and network neighborhood stops
>working.  At the moment there is no browser for WorkgroupA (although
>it was there a couple of days ago).  Does anyone have any clue as how
>to proceed, or indeed comment on wether the setup I have is flawed in
>any way.

Well, since nmbd implements the browsing functions, perhaps you should
check if nmbd is still running.

The browsing protocols are kind of complicated and are documented in
various places, including Special Edition, Using Samba.

If the clients cannot get a response to their GetBackupList requests, then
browsing will be broken as well, but the major way that GetBackupList would
fail is that nmbd is not running. 

Another problem can be that another node is providing incorrect answers.

Why not get a trace of what is going on when browsing fails.  Use tcpdump
or Ethereal for that (www.ethereal.com) and then look at what is going on.


>Thanks in advance,
>
>Shaun
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Regards
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Richard Sharpe, sharpe at ns.aus.com
Samba (Team member, www.samba.org), Ethereal (Team member, www.zing.org)
Contributing author, SAMS Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours
Author, Special Edition, Using Samba