remote announce

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Richard Sharpe wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Here is my understanding of when/why you would want use remote announce.
> 
> If you have a workgroup that is spread across subnets, then you may want
> your Samba server to send host announcements into subnets. 

only if you cannot use a WINS server.  only on remote subnets.
 
> Apparently, Windows NT does not support workgroups split across subnets.

PDCs support workgroups across subnets IF and ONLY if you use a WINS
server.

Windows NT as a client [without a PDC and without a WINS server] you are
absolutely correct.
 
> Also, if you want to announce a Samba server into other workgroups than the
> one it is in (either on the local subnet? or other subnets).

correct.