Cannot see the domain controller

[Alexander Bokovoy]

Hi,


On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 6:51 PM, Rowland Penny <repenny at f2s.com> wrote:

> On 17/05/13 16:31, Marc Muehlfeld wrote:
>
>> Am 17.05.2013 17:02, schrieb bogdan_bartos:
>>
>>> Was this something that was addressed in the later releases (0.1, 0.2,
>>> 0.3,
>>> 0.4, 0.5)?
>>>
>>
>> No. I think, there's currently no plan when it'll be back.
>>
>> https://bugzilla.samba.org/**show_bug.cgi?id=4826<https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4826>
>>
>>
>> Regards
>> Marc
>>
>>
>>  Hi,
> The last date on that bug is 23rd Aug 2007, also the last comment is:
>
> 'Since it's not really a bug, I'll mark it as a feature request.'
>
> I thought that Samba 4 was supposed to be a replica of Windows server,
> i.e. if a Windows AD DC can do it then a Samba4 AD DC should be able to do
> it.
>
> So working on that assumption, the last statement on the nearly 5yr old
> bug is incorrect, yes it might be a feature, but the lack of networking
> browsing is a bug ( mind you, this is very much just my opinion ) ;-)
>
> It is generally discouraged to use NetBIOS browsing in Active Directory
installs. Since NetBIOS browsing requires broadcasts, they often blocked at
router level. WINS is not very much helpful either.

So on Windows side instead of NetBIOS browsing you supposed to publish
links to your well-known resources -- either on desktop or in AD.

There is nice old article from 2001 which explains it all:
http://windowsitpro.com/networking/life-without-netbios

Make sure to also read comments.
-- 
/ Alexander Bokovoy