[Samba] REPOST: (Newbie) Trying to get name resolution functional across the WAN

[Barry deFreese]

On Tuesday 10 September 2002 09:10 am, Claudio Lapidus wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I posted this question last week, but received no feedback. Sorry for the
> long post , but I'm trying to give relevant detail at once. If somebody
> cares to take a look, it will be very much appreciated.
>
> thanks again
> cl
> .

I don't quite get why it is not working either.  However, you can have 
multiple WINS servers for Samba so one thing you might try is to add the 
other WINS server to your SMB.CONF.

I believe that all that you do is seperate the IP's with a space i.e.:

wins server = x.x.x.x x.x.x.x

But don't quote me on that (I'm a newbie too!! )

Good luck

Barry deFreese
Newbie




>
> ---------------------- Remitido por Claudio Lapidus/BsAs/Telecom/AR con
>        fecha 10/09/2002 13.04 ---------------------------Enviado por:
>        samba-admin at lists.samba.org
>
>
> Destinatarios:     samba at lists.samba.org
> CC:
>
> Asunto:           [Samba] (Newbie) Trying to get name resolution functional
>        across the WAN
> Clasificación:
>
>
> Hello all,
>
> Sorry if this is not new for you, certainly it is for me.
>
> I've setup Samba 2.2.3a on Redhat 7.3, right off the distribution's RPMs.
> Somehow I managed to get it working, as seen from the local LAN where the
> server sits, at building A. Problem is, all of my users are in building B,
> 10 miles across the city from the server room. This is a corporate
> environment, mainly Windows and Netware, where building's LANs are composed
> of Catalysts and routed to WAN links. I don't have control over this
> environment.
>
> Currently I'm only able to connect from my WinNT4 workstation to the shares
> defined in Samba if I reference it by IP address. I was unable to get name
> resolution working. Follows my findings so far (sorry for the message
> wording, Windows is spanish language version).
>
> IP trace from the NT box to the samba server:
> C:\>tracert -d 10.77.93.18
>
> Traza a 10.77.93.18 sobre caminos de 30 saltos como máximo.
>
>   1   <10 ms   <10 ms   <10 ms  10.65.44.1
>   2   <10 ms   <10 ms   <10 ms  192.168.8.201
>   3   <10 ms   <10 ms   <10 ms  192.168.9.82
>   4   <10 ms   <10 ms   <10 ms  10.77.93.18
>
> Traza completa.
>
> NT IP configuration (obtained from DHCP):
> C:\>ipconfig /all
>
> Configuración IP de Windows NT
>
>         Nombre de host  . . . . . . . . : u185639_nt
>         Servidores DNS  . . . . . . . . : 10.65.44.24
>                                       10.66.7.16
>                                       10.73.33.62
>         Tipo de nodo  . . . . . . . . . : Híbrido
>         Identif. de ámbito de NetBIOS . :
>         Enrutamiento de IP activado . : No
>         Proxy de WINS Proxy activado. . : No
>         La resolución de NetBIOS usa DNS: No
>
> Ethernet adaptador E100B1:
>
>         Descripción   . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO PCI Adapter
>         Dirección física  . . . . . . . : 00-D0-B7-4D-95-0A
>         DHCP activado . . . . . . . . . : Sí
>         Dirección IP  . . . . . . . . . : 10.68.44.238
>         Máscara de subred . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>         Pta. enlace o gateway predet. . : 10.68.44.1
>         Servidor DHCP . . . . . . . . . : 10.68.44.18
>         Servidor principal WINS . . . . : 10.75.93.21
>         Servidor secundario WINS  . . . : 10.65.44.25
>         Concesión obtenida  . . . . . . : viernes 6 de septiembre de 2002
> 12:46:37
>         Concesión caduca  . . . . . . . : jueves 12 de septiembre de 2002
> 12:46:37
>
> Ethernet adaptador NdisWan4:
>
>         Descripción   . . . . . . . . . : NdisWan Adapter
>         Dirección física  . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00
>         DHCP activado . . . . . . . . . : No
>         Dirección IP  . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
>         Máscara de subred . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
>         Pta. enlace o gateway predet. . :
>
> C:\>
>
> Note that in this network, the third octet denotes the building. So,
> primary WINS server (10.75.93.21) is located in building A, the same as
> Samba server, while secondary WINS server (10.65.44.25) is located in
> building B, the same as my NT workstation (10.64.44.238).
>
>
>
>
> Now to the server. Contents of smb.conf:
> # Samba config file created using SWAT
> # from 10.68.44.238 (10.68.44.238)
> # Date: 2002/09/06 15:18:38
>
> # Global parameters
> [global]
>         workgroup = EDRS
>         server string = Servidor EDRS
>         encrypt passwords = Yes
>         log level = 2
>         wins server = 10.75.93.21
>
> [Publico]
>         comment = Informacion de acceso publico EDRS
>         path = /mnt/u01/pub
>
> [homes]
>         comment = Carpeta personal del usuario
>         path = /mnt/u01/home/%u
>         read only = No
>         browseable = No
>
>
>
>
> Back to the Windoze box: ASCII art recreation of the Folders panel of
> Explorer (messages translated back to English, sorry if some doesn't match
> the original ones):
>
> Desktop
>
> +-My PC
>
> +-Internet Explorer
>
> --Network Neighborhood
>
>   +-All Network
>
>     +-Netware Services
>
>     +-Microsoft Windows Network
>
>     +-Unknown
>
>       +-10.77.93.18
>
>
>
> So here I'm stuck. I understood from the documentation that Samba would go
> and register itself with the WINS server, and then that info would be
> replicated down to the clients. Apparently this is not happening here. Can
> anybody give some advice in diagnosing this?
>
> TIA,
> cl.