[Samba] Re: Why can I not see this w2k host (dreaded subnet browsing question)

Stephen Moore stephen at bundaberg.qld.gov.au
Tue Jun 4 00:16:04 GMT 2002


Rebooted the w2k server and I can see it from the remote site using smb 
client

win95 clients from the remote site cannot browse the servers shares


[root at baywatch /root]# nmblookup -U neo -SR S00195_1
querying S00195_1 on 192.168.0.1
192.168.0.134 S00195_1<00>
Looking up status of 192.168.0.134
received 10 names
        S00195_1        <00> -         M <ACTIVE>
        DCSNET          <00> - <GROUP> M <ACTIVE>
        S00195_1        <03> -         M <ACTIVE>
        S00195_1        <20> -         M <ACTIVE>
        ADMINISTRATOR   <03> -         M <ACTIVE>
        DCSNET          <1e> - <GROUP> M <ACTIVE>
        DCSNET          <1d> -         M <ACTIVE>
        ..__MSBROWSE__. <01> - <GROUP> M <ACTIVE>
        INet~Services   <1c> - <GROUP> M <ACTIVE>
        IS~S00195_1     <00> -         M <ACTIVE>
num_good_sends=0 num_good_receives=0

tcpdump shows the following

[root at neo /root]# tcpdump -i ppp2|grep hb138
Kernel filter, protocol ALL, datagram packet socket
tcpdump: listening on ppp2
23:41:05.685128 < hb138.whitaker.com.au.netbios-ns > 
neo.whitaker.com.au.netbios-ns:NBT UDP PACKET(137): QUERY; REQUEST; UNICAST
23:41:05.685630 > neo.whitaker.com.au.netbios-ns > 
hb138.whitaker.com.au.netbios-ns:NBT UDP PACKET(137): QUERY; POSITIVE; 
RESPONSE; UNICAST
23:41:13.653936 < hb138.whitaker.com.au.netbios-ns > 
neo.whitaker.com.au.netbios-ns:NBT UDP PACKET(137): QUERY; REQUEST; UNICAST
23:41:13.654374 > neo.whitaker.com.au.netbios-ns > 
hb138.whitaker.com.au.netbios-ns:NBT UDP PACKET(137): QUERY; NEGATIVE; 
RESPONSE; UNICAST
23:41:13.663919 < hb138.whitaker.com.au.netbios-ns > 
neo.whitaker.com.au.netbios-ns:NBT UDP PACKET(137): QUERY; REQUEST; UNICAST
23:41:13.664307 > neo.whitaker.com.au.netbios-ns > 
hb138.whitaker.com.au.netbios-ns:NBT UDP PACKET(137): QUERY; NEGATIVE; 
RESPONSE; UNICAST
23:41:13.793896 < hb138.whitaker.com.au.netbios-ns > 
neo.whitaker.com.au.netbios-ns:NBT UDP PACKET(137): QUERY; REQUEST; UNICAST









Stephen Moore wrote:

> [root at neo /root]# nmblookup -U neo -R S00195_1
> querying S00195_1 on 192.168.0.1
> name_query failed to find name S00195_1
>
> Looks like i can not see  the w2k server in wins (should I be able to 
> see it, it is in a different workgroup)
>
>
> Stephen Moore wrote:
>
>> We have two sites, one samba wins server and one w2k server (supplied 
>> for a particular task by someone else)
>>
>> The two sites are "foo" and "bar"
>>
>> We have two workgroups, "local" and "vendor"
>>
>> "Vendor" workgroup is at site "foo"
>>
>> All of our computers are in the "local" workgroup, and everyone at 
>> our two sites can see all the computers at each site in the browser 
>> and browse their shares in this workgroup.
>>
>> Computers at the remote ("bar") site can see the "vendor" workgroup 
>> and see the remote host but cannot brouse its shares.
>>
>> Why is it so? We were running redhat 6.2 an 2.0.10, I upgraded to 
>> samba 2.4.0 to see if this made any difference (it doesn't seem to have)
>>
>> Any hints on subnet cross workgroup browsing?
>>
>
>







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