[Samba] can connect to 2 samba servers by name but to one by IPonly

[tms3 at tms3.com]

>
>
> Adding pdc1 to the hosts file (c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts) 
> did
> not make a difference.  After adding pdc1 to lmhosts,  "net use 
> \\pdc1" did
> work.  So in the case of pdc1 one, the name is being resolved as a 
> netbios
> name (i.e. via lmhosts) not a tcp/ip type name (i.e. via dns or hosts)
>
> But then why does "net use" work with all the other windows or samba
> servers?  As  far as I can tell, DNS is the only method by which the 
> names
> are being resolved.
>
> I did notice that "nbtstat -c" shows the following

What does nbtstat -r show?
>
>
>
> SonicWALL VPN Connection:
> Node IpAddress: [x.x.x.x.] Scope Id: []
>
>                                    NetBIOS Remote Cache Name Table
>
>                Name              Type       Host Address    Life [sec]
>        ------------------------------------------------------------
>        BDC1          <20>  UNIQUE          x.x.x.x.10        522
>        BDC2          <20>  UNIQUE          x.x.x.x.11        560
>        SOMEMACHINE   <20>  UNIQUE          x.x.x.x.12        597
>
>
>
> PDC1 is not in cache-  which I guess makes sense since it is 
> explicitly
> listed in lmhosts.
>
>
> The "nbtstat -r" command only shows machine on my home network, 
> nothing on
> the corporate network, so this really does indicate that there is no 
> netbios
> broadcasts going on crossing the VPN link.
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TAKAHASHI Motonobu [mailto:monyo at monyo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 8:09 AM
> To: gaiseric.vandal at gmail.com
> Cc: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] can connect to 2 samba servers by name but to one 
> by IP
> only
>
> 2011/1/6 Gaiseric Vandal <gaiseric.vandal at gmail.com>:
>>
>> In fact this seems to work for any samba or windows
>> machine on the network EXCEPT the Samba 3.4.x PDC.     It seems to 
>> work
> for
>>
>> Win 2003 machines, Samba 3.4.x member servers, XP machines, etc.
>
> To analyze the problem, first put the entry for PDC1 into both LMHOSTS 
> and
> hosts files and try: net use \\pdc1.
>
> If you still meet the 67 error, something other than name resolution 
> will
> cause
> this problem. Look at the Samba log and network capture.
>
>>
>> My understanding is that XP (and Win 2000/2003) machines are "smart"
> enough
>>
>> to use DNS look ups to resolve a windows "netbios" name to IP in the 
>> case
>> that legacy (archaic) "Netbios" name resolution (WINS, lmhosts, 
>> broadcast)
>> methods don't work.
>
> NetBIOS name whose prefix is only #20 ,#00 (and #1C in some case) can
> be resolved
> by DNS.
>
> ---
> TAKAHASHI Motonobu <monyo at samba.gr.jp>
>
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