[Samba] Re: Cross-subnet browsing...AGAIN!!!

Robin Bowes robin-lists at robinbowes.com
Fri Aug 12 13:16:55 GMT 2005


Louis van Belle wrote:
> This is not a question of seeing the other pc.
> if the pc's dont have file/printer sharing installed
> you wil NEVER see the other pc, bij network browsing.

File/Printer sharing is installed and enabled on all XP PCs.

> 
> Are you able to ping to the other pc, first by IP
> then try it bij HOSTNAME

Yes. I can ping tosh from batmobile and batmobile from tosh, both by 
hostname.

> if hostname does not work, its a wins/dns problem.
> i use dhcp3 + ddns (bind9) + samba with Be a wins server, in the smb.conf 
> config dns proxy = yes

wins/dns is OK, I think.

R.

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