[Samba] Default route mandatory on a Samba member server?

Peter Milesson miles at atmos.eu
Tue Jan 17 14:01:39 UTC 2023



On 17.01.2023 14:54, Kees van Vloten via samba wrote:
>
> Op 17-01-2023 om 13:49 schreef Peter Milesson via samba:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> Is a default route and gateway mandatory on a Samba member server?
>>
>> The AD DCs, the workstations and the Samba member server are on the 
>> same network segment. As the member server only serves files to the 
>> local network, I assume that neither gateway, nor default route are 
>> necessary. For updates, gateway and default route could be defined.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
> To answer your original question: if all machines (workstations, 
> AD-DCs, member-server) are in the same network and DNS is functioning 
> through the AD-DCs, then it should not require any external connectivity.
>
> - Kees.
>
>
Hi Kees,

thanks for your input on this. My tests seem to corroborate this.

Best regards,

Peter




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