[Samba] Can we still use Samba if routers have netbeui/netbios turned off?

[Darin DeCounter]

Samba is working perfect on our main subnet, but it won't for any
additional subnets on this domain.  We use NT authentication and my system
is an RS/6000.  I just found out that our routers for these additional
subnets have netbeui/netbios turned off.  Network Admin. said it's because
they're set not to allow broadcasting (and they're not going to start), and
turning netbeui/netbios on would create additional traffic.  As it is, I'm
wanting NT PDC to perform all authentication, and if user belongs to the
workgroup that's set in smb.conf, they can map shares on my system (basic
setup).  I was trying to avoid having to create a user account in Unix for
each user (because usernames will exceed 8-character username limitation
set by AIX and we'll have to totally change our naming convention), but I
don't know what my options are if the Network Admin. won't change the
router settings.  He wondered if we could tie netbios w/ IP, so it would
pass through the routers.  I was under the impression that Samba already
embeds netbios within IP (I thought that's how we can connect with a Win95
client with it's netbios disabled).  Is this not the case, is there any
setting in smb.conf that will do this?  Thanks for any advice.

Darin DeCounter

Atex Assistant System Administrator
Las Vegas Review-Journal
702-387-5230
ddecounter at lvrj.com