Hi
This is my first post so please be gentle!
Many thanks to the developers of Samba, I?ve used it for years and it is a great
system!
I?m running Samba Version 3.6.6 on a raspberry Pi for testing purposes before
using in anger and a Linux PC! I only need the functionality of WINS for my
application for XP and Win7 clients, my PCs won?t be on a domain. I use a
separate DHCP server that dishes out my WINS server address as well as setting
each client to Hybrid. Ipconfig shows my clients are set to Hybrid and are using
Samba for WINS. My test network has several subnets separated at layer 3 with
routers and no firewalling is taking place on routers or PCs. Layer 2 separation
exists between each subnet. Browsing works fine on the clients. I can ping Samba
from every connected subnet.
If I add an XP or Win7 client on the same subnet or offnet (compared to Samba)
for the first time to the test network Samba WINS updates appropriately. However
if I remove an XP or Win7 client from the network and move the client to a
different subnet DHCP assigns the correct address but WINS does not update with
the new IP. If I run wireshark on the client I can see the client sending
several packets to update the Samba WINS but Samba responds with packets saying
?Registration response, Request was refused NB?. If I change the hostname of the
client WINS will accept the new WINS entry ok, it is updating of WINS previous
entries from a different IP that always fails. I only have Win7 and XP clients
and as long as no client moves IP I have no issue. If I ?nbtstat ?RR? a client
without moving it to a different subnet I see a packet exchange with Samba to
ensure WINS is correct but I don?t see any ?request was refused? packets. I will
have users on laptops though who will roam between subnets and I need these to
update WINS when they move subnet. My Samba config is shown below and after much
googling I?ve only found a couple of others who have had similar issues so I
must be doing something silly! I run netBIOS of ip on each client and no other
protocols are running. I could set a low TTL on each WINS entry but that seems a
bodge, what I want is for WINS to update correctly when a client moves IP
address. Any ideas on what else I could try?
[global]
domain master = yes
preferred master = yes
local master = yes
os level = 255
netbios name = RASPBX
server string = Rasberry Test WINS Server
wins support = yes
; wins server = w.x.y.z
dns proxy = no
name resolve order = wins host lmhost bcast
; interfaces = 127.0.0.0/8 eth0
Many thanks!
Andy
