[Samba] The single WINS problem: question

[Michael Gasch]

werner maes wrote:
> I know what you mean but that's something we've tried.
> 
> If we shut down the PDC (and WINS server) then the clients were not able 
> to login even with the BDC running. They could not resolve the Domain !
> maybe I misconfigured something...
you said in a prior mail, that the BDC is in the same subnet like the
PDC and the clients are in another subnet. that won´t work (if PDC/WINS
is down), because they cannot resolve the DCs via broadcast, because
they are in another subnet. that´s why i adviced setting up DCs in each
subnet

greez

> 
> werner
> 
> At 10:53 19/12/2005, you wrote:
> 
>> you misunderstood my recommendation:
>> the BDCs should not be WINS server.
>> if you have multiple subnets, each subnet should get its own BDCs for 
>> logins to avoid login problems if the PDC and WINS server is down!
>>
>> greez
>>
>>
>> werner maes wrote:
>>
>>> At 10:32 19/12/2005, you wrote:
>>>
>>>> werner maes wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> no, because all our client are not located on the same subnet!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ok, you´re right. that´s another story.
>>>>
>>>> i thought all clients/servers are in the same subnet, because your 
>>>> BDC is on the same subnet as the PDC.
>>>>
>>>> why don´t you setup BDCs for each subnet that your clients are at 
>>>> least able to login?
>>>>
>>>> greetz
>>>
>>>
>>> problem remains that the single point of failure is your WINS server 
>>> (the PDC in my case). it's not recommend that you set each BDC to act 
>>> as a WINS server.
>>> werner
>>>
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>> Department of Human Evolution (IT)
>> Deutscher Platz 6
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>>
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Michael Gasch
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Department of Human Evolution (IT)
Deutscher Platz 6
D-04103 Leipzig
Germany

Phone: 49 (0)341 - 3550 137