[Samba] samba WINS problem on 2 networked LANS using a VPN connection

[Alex Post]

Why? Do you have some arguments?

192.168.1.48/240 and 192.168.1.64/224 are not subnets?

Regards,
Alex

Tom Skeren wrote:

> Your VPN looks problematic.  You probably want a different subnet.
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> Pml wrote:
>
>> Hello Samba experts,
>> Please read all email because i'm desperate!!!!!
>> I have problem on joining to LAN-s using Samba. Finally i got a 
>> solution to "see" booth workgroups on "Entire Network", but i'm 
>> having problem with stations located in LAN2. From any station 
>> located in LAN1, I can see LAN2 workgroup and the browse list with 
>> stations located in LAN2, but when i'm tring to access and station in 
>> it, i get connection refused. I want to mention that acces by IP 
>> address is working (eg: \\192.168.1.72)!!! It seems to be a probelm 
>> related to browse list and my wins server.
>> From any station located in LAN2, i can access by name each networked 
>> station in LAN1.
>> My networks scheme is printed below:
>> (LAN1=192.168.1.48 network and 192.168.1.63 broadcast)
>> --LAN1 (192.168.1.48/240)--
>>   |
>>   |
>>   |
>>   |
>> (192.168.1.49)
>> Gateway/RouterA
>> (83.84.85.86)
>>   |
>>   |
>> Internet
>>   |
>>   |
>> (83.84.85.87)
>> Gateway/RouterB
>> (192.168.1.65)
>>   |
>>   |
>>   |
>>   |
>> --LAN2 (192.168.1.64/224)--
>> (LAN2=192.168.1.64 network and 192.168.1.95 broadcast)
>> I have bidirectional ping between to/from any station located in my 
>> LANS.
>> All stations from LAN1 and LAN2 are WindowsXP(SP2) and has firewall 
>> disabled.
>> Booth Routers (A and B - RHEL 3.0) has samba installed and Router A 
>> is used as VPN server (tunel address 10.1.0.1) and RouterB is used as 
>> VPN client (tunel address 10.1.0.2).
>> Here comes my smb.conf file from RouterA which i want to be used as 
>> WINS server by all my windows clients:
>> [global]
>> workgroup = LAN1
>> netbios name = router-LAN1
>> server string = Samba
>>
>> interfaces = 192.168.1.49/28 192.168.1.95/27 127.0.0.1/8 10.1.0.1/24
>> bind interfaces only = yes
>> remote announce = 192.168.1.49/LAN1 192.168.1.65/LAN2
>> remote browse sync = 192.168.1.63 192.168.1.95 #broadcast address 
>> LAN1 and LAN2
>> public = yes
>> browseable = yes
>> browse list = yes
>> auto services = yes
>>
>> announce as = NT
>> os level = 200
>> local master = yes
>> prefered master = yes
>> domain master = yes
>> name resolve order = wins
>> wins support = yes
>> Here comes my smb.conf file from RouterB (WINS client and Local 
>> Master Browser for LAN2).
>> [global]
>> workgroup = LAN2
>> netbios name = router-LAN2
>> server string = Samba
>>
>> interfaces = 192.168.1.65/27 192.168.1.63/28 127.0.0.1/8 10.1.0.2/24
>> bind interfaces only = yes
>> remote announce = 192.168.1.65/LAN2 192.168.1.49/LAN1
>> remote browse sync = 192.168.1.63 192.168.1.95 #broadcast address 
>> LAN1 and LAN2
>>
>> #politica de browsing si metoda de translatie ip->nume
>> announce as = NT
>> os level = 200
>> local master = yes
>> prefered master = yes
>> domain master = yes
>> name resolve order = wins
>> wins server = 192.168.1.49
>> Each Windows XP station from LAN2, has configured manually WINS 
>> server at 192.168.1.49.
>> Also, on each LAN workgroup, i can see and access router-LAN1 and 
>> router-LAN2 which is not exactly what i really want (router-LAN1 
>> should be present in WORKGROUP LAN1 and router-LAN2 should be present 
>> in WORKGROUP LAN2)
>> More then that, if i'm tring to access from router-LAN2 a station 
>> located in LAN2, i get this error:
>> # smbclient -L an13
>> Connection to an13 failed
>> ...but browsing list is returned ok by router from LAN2:
>> # smbclient -L router-LAN2
>> Password:
>> Domain=[LAN2] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.9-1.3E.1]
>>
>>       Server               Comment
>>       ---------            -------
>>       AN12
>>       AN13
>>       AN14
>>       AN15
>>       AN16
>>       ROUTER-LAN1         Samba
>>       ROUTER-LAN2         Samba
>>
>>       Workgroup            Master
>>       ---------            -------
>>       LAN1                ROUTER-LAN1
>>       LAN2                ROUTER-LAN2
>> Please help me...
>> Regards,
>> Alex
>>
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