[Samba] Browsing a across subnets

robin-lists at robinbowes.com robin-lists at robinbowes.com
Sat Sep 4 02:28:15 GMT 2004


Hi,

I've got a small network at home with a topology as follows:

-- Cable Modem -- Router 1 -- Switch 1 -- Server 1
                                |
                        Router 2/Switch 2 --+-- Server 2
                          |      |          |
                  WAP 1 --+      +-- WAP 2  +-- Client 1
                                       |
                                       +-- Client 2
Router 1 and WAP 1 have NAT enabled.
Router 2 and WAP 2 do not have NAT enabled.

Server 1 and Server 2 are Linux boxes.
Client 1 and Client 2 are Win XP

I use the following sub-nets:

Switch 1 - 192.168.1.0/24
Switch 2 - 192.168.2.0/24
WAP 1    - 192.168.3.0/24
WAP 2    - 192.168.4.0/24

A caching name server runs on Server 1 and also an internal DNS service.

There is "full" connectivity between all machines on the "internal" side of
router 2, i.e. Client 1, Client 2, and Server 2 can all ping each other.

Even without introducing SAMBA into the equation I am not able to
successfully browse shares/printers on client 1 from client 2. Is this
possible across different subnets? Are there any special steps I need to
take?

I have installed SAMBA on Server 2 and would like to be able to browse
shares on Server 2 from both Client 1 and Client 2.

Can anyone point me at any resources that might help me work this out?

Thanks,

R.
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