[Don DeVitt]

Make sure the system you want to talk to is in the /etc/hosts file
then change the order to be   "hosts lmhosts wins" .
I would think it would find the name quickly and then use standard TCP/IP.

If that doesn't solve the problem, I would think there is a bug somewhere.
		Don

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carlos Alberto Rodrigues e Silva [mailto:csilva at inescn.pt]
> Sent: Monday, March 29, 1999 11:54 AM
> To: don.devitt at Sun.COM
> Cc: samba at samba.org
> Subject: Re:
>
>
> Hello,
> I've configured the smb.conf like this
> #
>  name resolve order = lmhosts host wins
> #
> trying to prevent the need for name resolution mechanisms. However I don't
> really know how things work and was trying a trial and error approach.
> But my question is: Is it possible to use SAMBA without native broadcast
> using in its place files listing the names and IPs involved (eg: lmhosts)?
> Did anyone out there already accomplished this?
> Thanks for your concern.
> Best regards,
>         Carlos
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Don DeVitt <don.devitt at sun.com>
> To: <csilva at inescn.pt>
> Sent: Segunda-feira, 29 de Março de 1999 17:23
>
>
> > ATM has no Ethernet broadcast mechanism. Ethernet must be used for
> > naming mechanisms which require broadcasts. Eventually the
> > client will use other WINS server etc. once the broadcast doesn't work.
> >
> > Has this been confirmed?
> > Don
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 12:16:30 +0100
> > From: "Carlos Alberto Rodrigues e Silva" <csilva at inescn.pt>
> > To: <samba at samba.org>
> > Subject: Samba within a network IP over ATM
> > Message-ID: <005d01be79d5$9cdd0d00$511875c2 at inescn.pt>
> >
> > Hello,
> > I'm having problems using SAMBA servers within an IP over ATM network.
> > I'm using experimental IP addresses (net 192.168.28.0), Linux servers with
> > the 2.2.1 kernel version and RedHat 5.2, Win95 and WinNt 4.0 client
> > machines.
> > The problem is, through Ethernet everything works the way it should. Using
> > ATM and keeping the Ethernet cables connected somehow the data flows
> through
> > the ATM network but during the establishment of the connections (eg:
> during
> > the mapping of a Linux area into a PC network drive) Ethernet is used.
> > Disconnecting the Ethernet cables and trying to map a network drive the
> > procedure takes several minutes (3 or 4), then the passwork is asked, a
> few
> > minutes more pass and finally evrything works correctly.
> > I've tryed several configurations on the file smb.conf but without
> success.
> > Can anyone help me?
> > Thanks in advance,
> >     Carlos
> >
>
>