Samba PDC in more than one Broadcast Domain

[Kai-H. Weutzing]

Hi!

Here is the result of my tryings:

- Solution lmhosts dosn't works on three Machines, why? I didn't know, but I didn't search for the reason.
- Solution wins support works fine!

Oh, these are one Network with Switches in the middle!

bye... Kai-H. Weutzing

> I'am using a SuSE Linux Samba Server. It works fine, BUT...
> I must use this Server in more than one Broadcast Domain:
> In a.b.52. a.b.53. a.b.79.
> The Server has an NIC with IP Adresse a.b.53.241.
> So if I start a WinNT Ws in the a.b.52. net to use my Domain (supported by the Server) the WinNT Ws can't find the Server!
> I didn't like to buy a NIC with three or more Cons, so is there a way that the Server listen to more than one Broadcast.

Fabian Wenk wrote:

> Are this three subnets on the same physical network (ethernet)? If so,
> just assign on the Samba server an additional IP addresses on the
> ethernet interface for each subnet (eg. a.b.52.? and a.b.79.?). I don't
> know how to do it in linux, on FreeBSD this is called an alias IP.
> Or are there switches in between? If so, place on every NT workstation
> the file c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\lmhosts with the content (there
> is also a lmhost.sam file there, check it out):
> a.b.53.241      NETBIOSNAME     #PRE #DOM:NTDOMAIN
> replace NETBIOSNAME with the name of the Samba server, and replace
> NTDOMAIN with the NT domain Samba is running. This will tell the
> workstation a servername and that this is a Domain Controller, so the
> station will ask this one for logon.

Lars Kneschke wrote:

> If it's physically one network, you can use virtual interfaces on the NIC.
> But the better solution is to use a WINS server. Set wins support = yes
> in your global section. This lets act your Sambaserver  as a
> WINS-Server. You must set the WINS-Server in the networkssettings of the
> WinNT-Workstation too. This need a working routing beetwenn the
> networks.

EOT