[Samba] WINS

[John H Terpstra]

On Fri, 25 Apr 2003 nazrul at heitech.com.my wrote:

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> Thank you for the tips, John
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> I have setted the dhcpd.conf like your example, and I've also done the
> smb.conf part and samba if running as WINS server.
> I have read through the HOW-TO files but I don't understand how the client
> can resolve server IP if the IP is not registered in WINS database.

MS Windows clients auto-register with the WINS server _if_ they are
configured to use a WINS server.

- John T.

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>                       John H Terpstra
>                       <jht at samba.org>          To:       nazrul at heitech.com.my
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>                       25/04/2003 12:25         Subject:  Re: [Samba] WINS
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> Nazrul,
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> Firstly, we are working on a new tool to implement static WINS addresses
> for samba-3. This tool may or may not make it into 3.0.0.
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> Secondly, given what you describe below you do NOT need static WINS
> addresses.
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> Step 1. Make sure that samba is configured as a WINS server.
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>              In smb.conf [globals]
>                          wins support = yes
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> Step 2. Make sure all your MS Windows client get the WINS server address
> _AND_ are set to NetBIOS node type 8. Example DHCP server config file:
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> /etc/dhcpd.conf:
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> option ntp-servers 192.168.1.1;
> allow unknown-clients;
> default-lease-time 86400;
> max-lease-time 172800;
> option domain-name "world.org";
> option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.1;
> option netbios-name-servers 192.168.1.1;
> option netbios-dd-server 192.168.1.1;
> option netbios-node-type 8;
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> subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
>         range dynamic-bootp 192.168.1.128 192.168.1.254;
>         option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
>         option routers 192.168.1.1;
>         allow unknown-clients;
>         }
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> Step 3. Read the Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf
>              http://samba.org/~jht/NT4migration/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf
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>              See chapters: 9 and 23.
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> Hope this helps.
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> - John T.
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> On Fri, 25 Apr 2003 nazrul at heitech.com.my wrote:
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> > Thank you for your reply. This is my configuration:
> > I'm migrating my DHCP/WINS server which was running on WinNT4  to Linux.
> > I've configured the linux server as DHCP server which assign dynamic IPs
> to
> > clients. On top of it I've assigned the client's options with NetBIOS
> name
> > server (WINS) and Router (Default Gateway). All my client are using MS
> > Windows and I want my Linux server to be the master browser. Furthermore
> > the clients need to browse for their servers to access to their files,
> > application as well as printing purpose. These servers have their own
> > static IP.  The clients have no problem browsing over other PCs but fail
> to
> > browse the servers. They have to maintain a personal hosts file to
> resolve
> > server name to IP on each of their PCs.
> > What I have in mind is to centralise all the static IP into one database
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> > the WINS server. I've done this successfully on WinNT and I'm sure there
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> > a way to do it in Samba but I couldn't figure it how.
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> > On Thu, 24 Apr 2003 nazrul at heitech.com.my wrote:
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> > > Anybody can help me how to add a static IP address with NetBIOS name
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> > my
> > > samba 2.2.5 on RH Linux 8.0
> > > I've tried to modify the wins.dat and restart nmbd but it didn't work.
> I
> > > couldn't figure out what are the numbers all about.
> > > Pleaseeeee.... help!!!
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> > Why do you need a static IP address in WINS? What is your configuration?
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> --
> John H Terpstra
> Email: jht at samba.org
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John H Terpstra
Email: jht at samba.org