Microsoft Netw. over IP Masq. (clarification)

[kevina at clark.net]

> > 
> > I have an interesting challenge, if anyone is willing to help me get
> > everything configured right I promise to make a Mini-HOWTO out of it.
> > 
> > I am trying to use Samba to make Microsoft Networking work over IP
> > Masquerading in Linux.

> (Bunch of talk about hacking the ipfw code)

> Whoops! I just re-read your whole message and just realized you were
> talking about configuring Samba as a gateway. The easy way out this
> without touching

You kind of lost me in the previous paragraphs however I think you are 
making things really complicated considering as long as windows 95 can get 
the ip address of an external host it can communicate with it just fine.  
The biggest problem is giving windows 95 the ip address of the external
host.  The other problem is getting all the external hosts to appear in a
browse list.

I have been able to successfully make samba the local browse master however
it only displays the hosts in the hidden subnet and the browse master
(Mars).  I can also get to other hosts from the windows 95 machine but only
if the have a DNS entry in the domain name server for the outside net.  I
know I can put ip address in the lmhosts.sam file but I would like a bit
more dramatic way of doing things because the status of computers on this
net is constantly changing.

Here is an outline of how the campus net and my network is set up.
--(The Internet)
--{Transparent Firewall, similar to IP Masq.}
--Campus Net (10.*.*.*)
--Browse Master (MARS), Other Computers all on a single subnet
--My Linux Machine (KEVINA)
--(IP Masq Firewall)
--Internal net (192.168.1.*)
--Linux machine as Gateway, Local Browse Master, IP Masq Firewall, you name
in (192.168.1.1.) --My Windows 95 Machine (KEVINA2, 192.168.1.2)

Here is an outline of how I think things should happen in order for the
Windows 95 machine to get a working browse list of the Campus Net. -KEVINA
gets the browse list from MARS and makes its own browse list for the inter
net -KEVINA2 gets the browse list from KEVINA for the Network neighborhood

When KEVINA2 wants to get to a machine on the Campus Network:
-KEVINA2 turns to KEVINA (because it looks like a wins server) and asks it
for the address of say "JOE'S COMPUTER" -KEVINA gets the request and sends
a broadcast message onto the campus net looking for the computer -KEVINA
gets the address and gives it two KEVINA2 -KEVINA2 is happy and can now get
into JOE'S COMPUTER.

I hope this clears things up.

It should be noted that I do not care that other machines outside of my
hidden net can not get to the machines hiding behind ip masq.