On both segments I have the samba box as the local master and the domain
master. I found that without the domain master on both subnets, the browse
lists would not synchronise. With a domain master on both subnets, when I use
"smbclient -L localserver" or "smbclient -L remoteserver"
the workgroup list
includes both workgroups.
Both workgroups show up in explorer on clients on either segment. However I
can't browse the remote workgroup on the client that has to access a remote
WINS server. I have found that if I give that client an LMHOSTS file with the
remote hosts in it, then it all works OK. However that solution is not going
to be very scalable with a large number of hosts.
Is it possible to do that some other way?
alex
On Mon, 27 Dec 1999, you wrote:
> Make sure that a box, any box, is acting as tthe local master browser.
>
> nmblookup -SM -
>
> should list the master browser, as evidenced by the returned ip address for
> __MSBROWSE__ and the <1d> name for the workgroup. If not, make a
local
> master browser:
>
> [global]
> preferred master=yes
> os level=65
>
> Steve Litt
>
>
> At 05:27 AM 12/28/1999 +1100, you wrote:
> >The samba configuration on the local LAN works great but, I am trying
to set
> >up samba to permit browsing of two workgroups on different subnets and
> >getting very close but not quite the results I want. Remote shares can
be
> >mapped to a local drive using "net use *
\\remotehost\remoteshare" but in
> >windows explorer the remote workgroup is not browsable : there is a
"computer
> >could not be found" error when browsing of the remote workgroup is
attempted
> >(both workgroups are show up in explorer).
> >
> >The configuration uses a local master and domain masters on each subnet
and
> >there is one WINS (samba) server that both clients point at. The samba
server
> >that is NOT the WINS server is set up to proxy wins request. I have
tried
> >putting the remote host names in the local hosts file, in the local
lmhosts
> >file and in the hosts & lmhosts of the samba servers, all with no
change. I
> >know this is a name resolve issue but I can't figure out what
I'm missing.
> >Some ideas or possibilities would be appreciated.
> >
> >TIA
> >
> >Alex Vandenham
> >Avantel Systems
> >