ghost machines, revisited

[James W. Beauchamp]

Sounds to me like you've go another WINS server running (unauthorized of
course) somewhere.  Maybe some WIndoze box somewhere?  NT server or 2000 web
server maybe.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Warno" <keith.warno at valaran.com>
To: <samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: ghost machines, revisited


>
>
> Jim Watt wrote:
>
> > Jumping into this thread somewhat late...hopefully I got the
attributions
> > straight! :-)
> >
> >
> > There are two parameters affecting how long the Samba WINS server will
> > retain registrations.  When a client registers with a WINS server, it
> > will be told the length of time the registration is valid.  If the
client
> > doesn't re-register before the "max wins ttl" (time to live) has passed,
> > the server will purge the registration.
> >
> > We had to change these in order to allow VPN clients returning from
"outside"
> > to "inside", thereby reducing the likelihood of stale records.
> >
> > Here are the settings we used, along with the rationale:
> >
> > # Set WINS ttl to six hours, minimum three.  This allows VPN clients
> > # six hours leeway before they can reregister after returning to the
> > # LAN. (ttl is in seconds - so 60*60*6 and 60*60*3)
> >
> >     max wins ttl = 21600
> >     min wins ttl = 10800
> >
> > The max ttl defaults to six days.  "min ttl" defaults to six hours.
> >
> > We've found that the Microsoft Win2K WINS server is less picky about
> > allowing clients to register updated WINS information than Samba.
>
>
>
> These things do not look like WINS issues; the ghost machines are not in
> wins.dat but rather than browse.dat.
>
> I nuked both wins.dat and browse.dat on the samba WINS server, and the
> ghosts have returned so it seems the WINS box is getting some mis-guided
> information from somewhere.  Crap.
>
>
>
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