cross-subnet browsing problems
mac at nibsc.ac.uk
mac at nibsc.ac.uk
Thu Jul 24 10:27:43 GMT 1997
Brian,
>I'm trying to set up cross-subnet browsing using Samba on a Linux box
>and a Sparc UltraEnterprise with Win95 and NT Workstation clients. I'm
>using the Sparc as the domain master and also as the WINS server on the
>108 subnet. The Linux box is the local master on the 46 subnet. Both
>are running Samba 1.9.17alpha4. I can see the conversation between the
>two samba servers and the browse lists in var/locks/browse.dat are
>updated; however, the Network Neighborhood doesn't show the machines on
>the opposite subnet. I do seem to have more workgroups, but they don't
>contain all the other machines.
I think the problem is very simple. The cross-subnet browsing of Samba
only support one workgroup. (The one the samba server is in).
A 'quick and dirty' solution is therefore to put all your machines (clients
and servers) in one workgroup, and all machines will appear.
Mac
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