Hi, The Samba documentation recommends that a Windows WINS server is used for WinNT/200x clients, i.e. http://samba.mirror.ac.uk/samba/docs/man/howto/NetworkBrowsing.html#id2531484 says "In a mixed NT/200x server and Samba environment on a Wide Area Network, it is recommended that you use the Microsoft WINS server capabilities." But there's no justification as to why Samba isn't recommended in this scenario; the only missing feature I can see is replication. Does anyone know the basis is of this recommendation? What about good or bad experiences with either Windows or Samba WINS servers? Thanks in advance, Leon...
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Leon Stringer wrote: | But there's no justification as to why Samba isn't | recommended in this scenario; the only missing feature I | can see is replication. Does anyone know the basis is | of this recommendation? What about good or bad | experiences with either Windows or Samba WINS servers? I'm not sure I agree with that recommendation but the reason its sthere is because Samba does not support WINS Replication currently. cheers, jerry - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hewlett-Packard ------------------------- http://www.hp.com SAMBA Team ---------------------- http://www.samba.org GnuPG Key ---- http://www.plainjoe.org/gpg_public.asc "...a hundred billion castaways looking for a home." ----------- Sting -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFApMLYIR7qMdg1EfYRAu6pAKDfjflrxhox4B3hVcX9AfUS95mfZgCfWrKQ 2AZiURjgs4pIqIUxkT/ttZ8=wE7m -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----