WINS on SAMBA

Richard Ferris richard.ferris at ncn.ac.uk
Thu Jan 13 14:58:08 GMT 2000


Thanks for the info Mike, looking at the other posts it seems that the NT
servers that are running WINS may have 'caused some conflictions with my
SAMBA WINS - unfortunately it looks like I'll have to rely on the NT box as
this is the primary WINS server for our MAN.
 
Thanks
 
Richard

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Harris [mailto:mike at psand.net]
Sent: 13 January 2000 15:47
To: richard.ferris at ncn.ac.uk
Cc: Multiple recipients of list SAMBA-NTDOM
Subject: RE: WINS on SAMBA


>From my experience, WINS works wonderfully under Samba :-)
 
Check that you're smb.conf file also contains:
 
local master = yes (the default)
preferred master = yes 
domain master = yes
os level = 32
 
(please, someone confirm I'm not telling lies !)
 
In that way the Samba server will win the browser elections to become the
Domain Master Browser and can then serve WINS fine.  It also means the
clients won't be getting confused as to who has control.
 
The long and the short is:
 
Either go for all Samba WINS and DMB etc.  or
If there is an NT Server, let it be the DMB and WINS.
 
Then all will be fine and dandy. 
 
Mike.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Richard Ferris <mailto:richard.ferris at ncn.ac.uk>  
To: Multiple  <mailto:samba-ntdom at samba.org> recipients of list SAMBA-NTDOM 
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 2:11 PM
Subject: WINS on SAMBA


How reliable is SAMBA running as a WINS server?  I set my SGi Origin200 box
up as one but netbios resolution seemed to take ages.  Anyone else got WINS
running and working OK?

 

Richard Ferris - Visions Systems Analyst 
Visions Project 
Clarendon City College 
Stoney Street 
Nottingham 
NG1 1NG 

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