Yes, it is possible. You will need to have a WINS server to make it work
which either NT Server or Samba can provide. The file "BROWSING.txt"
covers this in great detail.
At 07:27 AM 2/17/98 +1100, Johann Visagie wrote:>Hi there,
>
>Before I get in over my head in documentation, I thought I'd ask here
whether
>what I'm attempting is even vaguely possible:
>
>I have two /28 subnets connected to a server acting as gateway. On one of
>these subnets, a Samba server. On the other... you guessed it, some Win95
>(OEMSR2) clients which need to access it.
>
>To compound the problem, the gateway filters IP and forms part of a firewall
>setup. Filtering rules will have to be set up on it to allow Samba to
"work
>through" it... if that is possible.
>
>I know that SMB relies heavily on broadcasts, and to get an idea what's
going
>on I set the packet filters to log all rejected packets. I noticed that the
>Samba server broadcasts to the broadcast address of its own subnet... so
how
>are machines on the other subnet ever going to know about it? Hence my
>doubts as to whether this is possible.
>
>Can anyone (a) confirm that this is feasible, and (b) point me at a good
>place where I can start reading? :-)
>
>Thanks,
>-- V
>
>Johann Visagie | Email: wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878
>
>
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