[Samba] Help - Cross-Subnet Browsing with OpenVPN

Rob Shinn rob.shinn at gmail.com
Mon Jun 2 19:06:10 GMT 2008


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On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Rob Shinn <rob.shinn at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I can ping each server's IP from the other server.  The following nmblookup
>> commands both work:
>
>
> Hi, Misty:
>
> The all-important question is not whether you can ping each server's IP
> address from the other server, but can you ping each server *by* *name* from
> the other.  In otherwords, can you type 'ping corpsrv' from furnsrv and get
> a response?
>
> In order for cross-subnet browsing to work, it is /essential/ that this
> work. The easiest way to get this working if you don't already have a DNS
> server is to add CORPSRV and FURNSRV to each  machines' /etc/hosts file.
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