[Samba] Samba wins

Alexander Kuznetsov iam at alz27.nnov.ru
Wed Nov 6 09:26:00 GMT 2002


MMI> You dont need diferent wins-server for diferent groups this is poor idea
MMI> best is only one wins. Then clients work ok on all workgroups.

Ok. But in the different ethernet-network clients can't browse computers
in another workgroup, because wins-server belong to only one workgroup
and not collect browse info about another workgroups.

Can samba help me in this way ?

MMI> ----- Original Message -----
MMI> From: "Alexander Kuznetsov" <iam at alz27.nnov.ru>
MMI> To: "Gerald (Jerry) Carter" <jerry at samba.org>
MMI> Cc: <samba at samba.org>
MMI> Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 10:35 AM
MMI> Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba wins


>> >> >From my understanding Samba WINS can only be a standalone server -there is
>> >> no code to communicate with other WINS servers.
>>
>> G(C> Correct.  There is some experimental WINS replication code in HEAD.
>> G(C> Feel free to play around with it.
>>
>> In another words, if I won't use two workgroups with different names
>> with samba-wins-server in each group, clients in different group can't
>> access client in another group, because samba-wins-server can't exchange wins-reconds
>> between himself ?
>>
>> This future in TODO ? :)



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