Hello, I'm looking for help with the following setup. I have my own network of about 5 windows 95/98 computers and 1 linux box. with IP addresses 192.168.10.* The one running linux is actually set up as a router, with 2 ethernet cards The other network that it is connected to is the residence ethernet at my school, which is connected to the internet.>From behind the router, I can use all the normal internet stuff without aproblem, like www, ftp, etc. The problem is that i can't browse the residence ethernet 'Network Neighborhood' from behind my router - to access files that other students have shared. On my windows 98 computer i have enabled WINS resolution, and specified the WINS server. With this i can use the windows 98 'Find Computer' to locate a computer and download their shared files. This is good except that I would have to know the name of a specific computer to look for before hand. I just want to find out how i would set things up so that i can browse the whole residence network neighborhood from behind my linux router. If anyone knows anything about setting up this kinda thing, please help me out or point me in the right direction and tell me what i should be reading Thanks, Rob Taylor
On Sat, 13 Nov 1999 21:04:08 +1100, hai scritto: In your mail samba is never mentioned, so what's your problem with samba?>have shared. On my windows 98 computer i have enabled WINS resolution, and >specified the WINS server. With this i can use the windows 98 'Find >Computer' to locate a computer and download their shared files. This is goodHave you set up the same workgroup? What does the "path column" says after "find computer" shows the computer? Does linux masq all packets going outside your "private" net? If so then look at http://malt-whisky.student.utwente.nl/nbfw/background.html Basically you need to be sure the master browser of your net knows where the wins server is, in order to sync its browse list with the domain master browser and vice-versa. If you usa samba on the linux box, and all of the above doesn't work, then try setting samba as both master browser and domain master browser. -- giulioo@tiscalinet.it
Hi can i use samba as something like router for network neighborhood. If i have several workgroups A,B,C,D,F,G,H,K,L and one linux server which is router for internet how to configure samba so windows client to have ability to browse other workgroups. current if i set workgroup to one of A,B,C,D and one of machines as wins server ... etc. i can browse only that workgroup regards bozhan
On Thursday 25 October 2001 00:39, Bozhan Boiadzhiev wrote:> without samba i can't see any of other workgroupsIs samba configured as a WINS server? That could be why. Also, changes to browse lists generally take 30 minutes or so to update. So if you downed the samba server and immediately checked the browse list, it probably wouldn't be correct. Either way, samba still will not provide "workgroup routing" nor prevent viewing other workgroups. Did you try what I suggested below?> anb my win clients are behind this routerAre you saying that the different workgroups are on opposite sides of the router? Like this: workgroup a <---> router <----> workgroup b If that is the case, you'll need to set up WINS and configure a WINS server on each subnet. Standard browser announcements normally don't cross subnet boundries, since they're broadcast messages. If subnets aren't the issue, then make sure your router is not filtering out broadcast messages. If all the clients are on one side of the router and belong to the same IP subnet, then there is something else wrong. I'll repeat myself, there is nothing to prevent cross-workgroup browsing in Samba or Windows.> Bill Moran wrote: > >On Thursday 25 October 2001 14:19, Bozhan Boiadzhiev wrote: > >>Hi > >>can i use samba as something like router for network neighborhood. > >>If i have several workgroups A,B,C,D,F,G,H,K,L and one linux server > >>which is > >>router for internet how to configure samba so windows client to have > >>ability to browse other workgroups. > >>current if i set workgroup to one of A,B,C,D and one of machines as wins > >>server ... etc. i can browse only that workgroup > > > >This has nothing to do with samba. Under windows explorer, you should > >have an icon for "entire network". Double clicking on it should show you > >all the workgroups on the network and allow you to browse them. If this > >doesn't work, then it is a windows config problem. There is no need for > >any sort of "router" to allow cross browsing between workgroups. In fact > >the workgroup thing is really only a filter explorer uses to organize the > >browse list.-- Bill Moran Potential Technology technical services (412) 793-4257
I believe that you can set up your linux box as a wins server, and it
will do what you want.
Here is what I have in my wins server. I have two local networks.
[global]
netbios name = JHAMMER6
server string = Samba %v Your Server
security = SHARE
log level = 1
os level = 100
preferred master = True
domain master = True
wins support = Yes
guest account = ftp
read only = No
guest ok = Yes
hosts allow = 192.168. 127. 24.3.1.74 24.182.146.18
You will of course have to customize this and also tell your
windows boxes to use your linux machine as a wins server.
Joel
On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 09:19:16PM +0300, Bozhan Boiadzhiev
wrote:> Hi
> can i use samba as something like router for network neighborhood.
> If i have several workgroups A,B,C,D,F,G,H,K,L and one linux server
> which is
> router for internet how to configure samba so windows client to have
> ability to browse other workgroups.
> current if i set workgroup to one of A,B,C,D and one of machines as wins
> server ... etc. i can browse only that workgroup
>
> regards
> bozhan
>
>
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