samba - Jan 2008 - need wins understanding

Here is my setup.



     I have two samba domain controllers on the same subnet. It's a
172.16.12.0 subnet.

      First domain "STAFF"

      Second domain "PATRONS"



      They both have wins enabled and all clients have broadcasting disabled.
      Can someone tell me if I will have a problem?  If so please give
some kind of example.  I am really trying to learn why and get a
better understanding of wins, and this will put me in the right
direction.
  If you need more info on the network, just ask.  Although I feel this is
more of a concept question to help me get it.

Thanks all

Dominic Iadicicco

Dominic Iadicicco escreveu:
> Here is my setup.
>
>
>
>      I have two samba domain controllers on the same subnet. It's a
> 172.16.12.0 subnet.
>
>       First domain "STAFF"
>
>       Second domain "PATRONS"
>
>
>
>       They both have wins enabled and all clients have broadcasting
disabled.
>       Can someone tell me if I will have a problem?  If so please give
> some kind of example.  I am really trying to learn why and get a
> better understanding of wins, and this will put me in the right
> direction.
>   If you need more info on the network, just ask.  Although I feel this is
> more of a concept question to help me get it.
>
> Thanks all
>
> Dominic Iadicicco
As far as I know, the behavior of your network will be that clients 
configured to use the first WINS server will not know of the existence 
of the machines that uses the other WINS server, and vice versa. If 
thats a problem or not, it depends if you wish that these two domains 
interact with each other. But if I remember right at least the two 
servers will know of each other (as only the clients brodcast behavior 
was disabled) and so all clients will know about the two servers.


Regards.

Edmundo Valle Neto

Cool.

So the servers should not do anything bad to each other becasue they are
both running wins? Is this correct? Also I can disable broadcasting on
both servers as well.
I don't have to but I can.


Thanks again

Dominic
> As far as I know, the behavior of your network will be that clients
> configured to use the first WINS server will not know of the existence
> of the machines that uses the other WINS server, and vice versa. If
> thats a problem or not, it depends if you wish that these two domains
> interact with each other. But if I remember right at least the two
> servers will know of each other (as only the clients brodcast behavior
> was disabled) and so all clients will know about the two servers.
>
>
> Regards.
>
> Edmundo Valle Neto
>
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I am getting it.   Thank you for all the info.

"They will not clash or fight with each other....both will ignore each
other
> and clients that register or use one to make a query will not use the
> other..."
This is what I wanted to know.  I probably should have asked the question.
 Will they fight with each other..  But I am really starting to
understand.

Obrigado muito muito
Dominic Iadicicco

> Dominic Iadicicco escreveu:
>> Cool.
>>
>> So the servers should not do anything bad to each other becasue they
are
>> both running wins? Is this correct? Also I can disable broadcasting on
>> both servers as well.
>> I don't have to but I can.
>>
>>
>> Thanks again
>>
>> Dominic
>>
>
> (...)
>
>  trying to be the "master
> WINS" if thats what you are asking. :) The reasons that you should not
> use more than one is exactly the contrary, both will ignore each other
> and clients that register or use one to make a query will not use the
> other, ending with only partial knowledge of the neighborhood. (but
> seems that its what you want)
>
> About trying to do more than that and disable the broadcast of the
> servers, I simply never tried/needed to do anything like that. As I
> never saw any reason to do so and as a security measure I don't see it
> being all that usefull either.
>
>
> Regards.
>
> Edmundo Valle Neto
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