[Samba] NetBIOS across subnets

[Tomasz Chmielewski]

Misty Stanley-Jones wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 January 2005 10:49, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
> 
>>In my opinion, it is wrong.
>>
>>On one server, set:
>>
>>wins support = yes
>>
>>On the other:
>>
>>
>>wins server = 192.168.5.2  # (IP of the first one)
>>wins proxy = yes
> 
> 
> I did this, and I think it MIGHT have worked.  Not sure.  I get this:
> oink:/usr/local/samba/var/locks # net rpc trustdom establish furn
> Password:
> Could not connect to server FURNSRV
> Trust to domain FURN established
> 
> urnsrv:/usr/local/samba/var/locks # net rpc trustdom establish corp
> Password:
> Could not connect to server CORPSRV
> Trust to domain CORP established
> 
> How in the world do I know if it worked or not.  Going to check it now.  
> Either way those errors certainly are sending mixed signals.
> 
> It only will let me connect as a guest.  I don't know if that's the expected 
> behavior -- need to read more.  The more important this is being able to join 
> a domain on a different subnet, as that is what needs to happen when I 
> combine the two domains into one.


don't know about joining a domain from another network - never tried.
I only tried joining the same domain (although in a different network).

This is how it works for me:

In the "Network neighbourhood" of your windows machine you should see 
hosts from both networks.

smbclient -L server should list hosts from each network.


Another problem you might have is too restrictive firewall between the 
two subnets - you will see the hosts, will be able to browse, but won't 
be able to join the domain.


Tomek