[andy@fw andy]$ echo "hello" | telnet 192.168.4.1 139 Trying 192.168.4.1... Connected to 192.168.4.1. Escape character is '^]'. Connection closed by foreign host. [andy@fw andy]$ echo "hello" | telnet 64.218.*.* Trying 64.218.*.*... Connected to 64.218.*.*. Escape character is '^]'. Connection closed by foreign host. [andy@fw andy]$ Originally I got one of the messages being connection refused for an external interface, I fixed the interface line and now I get a connection closed with every try. Here is the global section of the smb.conf for 192.168.3.1 with external address of 64.217.*.*. This is the one that is functioning as the wins server: [global] client code page = 950 workgroup = Irish netbios name = fw-server server string = e-smith samba server hosts allow = 127.0.0.1 192.168.3.0/255.255.255.0 192.168.4.0/255.255.255.0 64.218.*.* interfaces = 127.0.0.1 192.168.3.1/255.255.255.0 64.217.*.* log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 50 security = user guest ok = yes guest account = public map to guest = bad user encrypt passwords = yes smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd socket options = TCP_NODELAY strict locking = yes bind interfaces only = yes remote browse sync = 192.168.4.1 remote announce = 192.168.4.1 local master = yes os level = 33 domain master = yes preferred master = yes browseable = yes name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast wins support = yes dns proxy = no preserve case = yes short preserve case = yes case sensitive = no debug level = 3 domain logons = yes logon script = netlogon.bat printcap name = /etc/printcap load printers = yes Here is the global portion for the 192.168.4.1 machine with external interface of 64.218.*.*: [global] client code page = 950 workgroup = msp netbios name = e-smith-server server string = e-smith samba server hosts allow = 127.0.0.1 192.168.4.0/255.255.255.0 192.168.3.0/255.255.255.0 64.217.*.* interfaces = 127.0.0.1 192.168.4.1/255.255.255.0 64.218.*.* log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 50 security = user guest ok = yes guest account = public map to guest = bad user encrypt passwords = yes smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd socket options = TCP_NODELAY strict locking = yes bind interfaces only = yes remote browse sync = 192.168.3.1 remote announce = 192.168.3.1 local master = yes os level = 33 domain master = yes preferred master = yes browseable = yes name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast wins server = 192.168.3.1 dns proxy = no preserve case = yes short preserve case = yes case sensitive = no debug level = 3 domain logons = yes logon script = netlogon.bat printcap name = /etc/printcap load printers = yes TIA Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Avantel Systems" <alex@avantel.ca> To: "Andy Worthington" <andy@rockcity.com> Cc: <samba@samba.org> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 6:11 PM Subject: Re: browsing across subnets Try this; from a host on one network to the other subnet echo hello | telnet remote-server-ip 139 where the remote-server-ip is the ip address of the remote samba server (use the internal (private) address and try again with the external ip address. if you get Connection refused, then; either you're blocking the ports (firewall?) or samba is not listening on the external interface (see interface option) If, on the other hand you get a "Connected" message followed by "Connection closed" message, then; the problems is something else. Try that & let me know what happens Alex @ Avantel On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, you wrote:> I have changed around settings several times, right now each is the domain > master browser, local master and preferred, one is setup as the winsserver> with all clients and the other samba server set to use it for wins. Inits> wins.dat file there is an entry for the other samba server and a client on > the other subnet setup to use it as wins but no one can see the second > workgroup on the subnet where the wins samba server resides. From that > machine when I try this for the non-wins samba server: > > smbclient -L server > > I get this: > added interface ip=127.0.0.1 bcast=127.255.255.255 nmask=255.0.0.0 > added interface ip=192.168.3.1 bcast=192.168.3.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 > Got a positive name query response from 127.0.0.1 ( 192.168.4.1 ) > session request to SERVER failed (Not listening for calling name) > Got a positive name query response from 127.0.0.1 ( 192.168.4.1 ) > session request to *SMBSERVER failed (Not listening for calling name) > > 192.168.4.1 is the correct IP for that server. > > Any idea what to try next? > > Thanks > Andy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Avantel Systems" <alex@avantel.ca> > To: "Andy Worthington" <andy@rockcity.com> > Cc: <samba@samba.org> > Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 6:16 PM > Subject: Re: browsing across subnets > > > You need to make both samba servers domain master browsers. And you're > right > about the wins server - disconnects can cause odd behaviour - especially > since > samba cannot (yet?) be a secondary wins server. > > Alex @ Avantel > > On Wed, 25 Oct 2000, you wrote: > > I've read through the BROWSING*.txt files in docs/textdocs and I think I > set > > everything up right but I can't get this to work. > > > > I am using IPSEC to connect two lans that are seperated by the internet > and > > use dsl lines for internet connection. That is setup and working. Ican> > ping from a client on one subnet to a client on another subnet with no > > problems. One subnet is 192.168.3.0 and the other is 192.168.4.0 > > > > The 192.168.3.0 subnet has the workgroup of irish and the 192.168.4.0has> > the workgroup of msp. > > > > I want both of these subnets to see both workgroups. All clients are > win98 > > and there is a samba server on each network that is also doing the ipsec > and > > acting as the firewall(currently setup to accept everything). Eachsubnet> > has the samba server setup as the WINS server for that subnet. > > > > in the smb.conf file on 192.168.3.1 I added: > > > > remote browse sync = 192.168.4.1 > > remote announce = 192.168.4.1 > > > > and on 192.168.4.1 I added: > > remote browse sync = 192.168.3.1 > > remote announce = 192.168.3.1 > > > > Any ideas how to solve this so that each subnet can see and use both > > workgroups. Another question about the WINS servers, I read that it is > best > > if only one is used for both subnets. If I do this and the link drops, > the > > subnet without samba setup for wins will of course no longer have a wins > > server. Will this Win98, ME clients automatically start using broadcast > > based name resolution when the WINS server becomes inaccessable? > > > > TIA > > Andy Worthington