[Samba] Cross-subnet browsing with LMBs + remote browse sync + samba4WINS

[vagy]

On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 02:15:33 +0200, TAKAHASHI Motonobu <monyo at monyo.com>  
wrote:

> From: vagy <vagy at freemail.gr>
> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:20:31 +0200
>
>> On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:40:32 +0200, TAKAHASHI Motonobu <monyo at monyo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> looking the SAMBA docs[1] i realized that remote browse sync
>> means that an LMB will sync its browse list with another
>> LMB. Thus this "trick" will allow two LMBs to find out
>> the lists of each other. There is no DMB mentioned in
>> this process.
>
> At first I believed that was true...
>
>> Btw how did you examine it? Did you setup a test lab
>> that implements the setup as i described it?
>
> - Setup 2 subnets connected via a router
> - Setup 2 Samba box in each subnet, each smb.conf is like
>
> -----
> [global]
>   workgroup = SAMBAxx
>   domain master = yes
>   wins support = yes
>   remote browse sync = x.x.x.x
> ------
>
> - x.x.x.x means the IP address of another peer.
> - SAMBAxx means the unique workgroup name (for example SAMBA01 and  
> SAMBA02)
>
> Then, each Samba box exchanges its browse list.
>
> ---
> TAKAHASHI Motonobu <monyo at monyo.com> / @damemonyo
>                    facebook.com/takahashi.motonobu

Hi Takahashi,

thats very interesting and is a fallback scenario in case
samba4WINS doesn't work. Maybe the need for a DMB comes
 from the fact that you used two different workgroups?
What if workgroup=SAME in both smb.conf?

Cheers,
- vagy