[Samba] Fw: PDC/wins on multiple networks

[tms3 at tms3.com]

>
> Hi,
>
>
> The pc that runs the samba server is my own property, it also dubs as 
> router and dhcp server. I assign WINS server to the clients by dhcp 
> using dnsmasq. I do not need or want to setup a domain. I just want to 
> share files between the two networks using windows neighborhood and a 
> workgroup, just like the clients would have been connected in the same 
> network.
>
> I have deleted the "remote anounce" thingy but the error is the same: 
> "The network path could not be found"

WINS needs to be set up correctly.
>
>
>
> Maybe something has to do with the firewall? can you tell me which 
> ports to open and their direction ?

Ports 137, 138, 139, and 445 should be sufficient.
>
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>
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> ________________________________
> From: Daniel Müller <mueller at tropenklinik.de>
> To: Gala Dragos <gala_dragos at yahoo.com>
> Cc: samba list <samba at lists.samba.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [Samba] PDC/wins on multiple networks
>
> Hi,
> you have a (Samba)domain server and it is your wins?
> You just to have an entry in your win xp clients wins-server:
> YourSambaWinsServer.Enable Netbios over TCP
> ..
> That is all. No: remote announce = 192.168.5.255/WORKGROUP
> 192.168.7.255/WORKGROUP
> This is working for me with 3 subnets.
>
> On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:25:41 -0700 (PDT), Gala Dragos
> <gala_dragos at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi to everyone on the mailing list.
>>
>> I have two networks at home, apart from the internet. One is the wired
>> network, LAN, and the other is the wireless network, WLAN. They need 
>> to
>> be separated, not bridged, because of hardware issues.
>>
>> I am trying to setup inter-networking browsing on these networks, pc's
> on
>>
>> LAN should see and browse pc's on WLAN
> and viceversa.
>>
>>
>> After reading the manual I have enabled wins server master and wins
> proxy
>>
>> in samba configuration. However I can only see the pc's from the other
>> network, but I cannot
>> browse them, windows returns an error like "network path could not be
>> found".
>>
>> The samba server runs on my router box, together with the firewall
>> (managed through shorewall) and dnsmasq for dhcp/dns.
>>
>>
>> Below is my global smb.conf part.
>>
>> [global]
>>         server
>>  string = Samba Server
>>         interfaces = eth1, lo, wlan0
>>         bind interfaces only = Yes
>>         security = SHARE
>>         log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>>
>         max log size = 50
>>
>>         announce as = NT Workstation
>>         os level = 99
>>         lm interval = 10
>>         preferred master = Yes
>>         domain master = Yes
>>         wins proxy = Yes
>>         wins support = Yes
>>         remote announce = 192.168.5.255/WORKGROUP
>>  192.168.7.255/WORKGROUP
>>         create mask = 0666
>>         case sensitive = No
>>         preserve case = No
>>         short preserve
> case = No
>>
>>         hide special files = Yes
>>         map hidden = Yes
>>         store dos attributes = Yes
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>> .  Microsoft broke the Volkswagen world record: Volkswagen only made 
>> 22
>> million bugs!
>>
>>
>> .  It is time for us to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever, 
>> the
>> one who recognizes the challenge and does something about it.
>> -Vince Lombardi
>>
>>
>> .  Everybody can learn how to make kids, but not everyone can raise 
>> them
>> right!
>
>
>
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