browsing across a router

[don47]

RedHat 7.2 with Samba 2.2.1a. Clients are w2k and xp pro.

smb.conf
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[global]
workgroup=MICROSTEST
netbiosname=LMLINUX
encrypt passwords=yes

[homes]
read only=no
browseable=no
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I have put lmlinux in hosts and lmhosts on client. When the client (w2kp) is on the same subnet, the samba server shows up in network places and I can access the home subdir after logging in to the w2kp account if the name and password for w2kp/linux/smbpasswd are the same.

When I go to a different subnet using either w2kp or xpp client the samba server does not show up in network places but I can use Start|Run|\\lmlinux\<home subdir name> and get access to the share. The machine routing between these two subnets is a novell server routing tcp/ip and ipx to each network.

any ideas?

thanks

 

[sonofepson]

Enable wins support on the server
wins support = Yes

Set the wins address on the Windows client to point to the Samba machine.

That should allow you to browse across subnets.

 

[don47]

Thanks for the idea, but no go. I believe that WINS resolutions is working as I can ping/connect to the netbios name even though I have removed the name references from hosts and lmhosts. The doggone server still doesn't show in my network places.

any others?

 

[jad]

does anything appear in your network places? is the samba server your main server? what OS Level is it running as? is it the domain controller, or domain master?

 

[sonofepson]

How about remote announce?

remote announce = xxx.xxx.xxx.255/MICROSTEST

That should make the server broadcast browse list information on a subnet for the MICROSTEST workgroup. I have not used this, since I have samba servers on different subnets I use the samba only remote browse sync.

 

[don47]

sonofepson: no go with the remote announce

jad: all the computers that are a memeber of that workgroup (regardless of their segment) appear, the server does not. No, the samba server is not main server, we are a novell shop and this linux server is used for class demonstrations. testparm says os level is 20, preferred master and domain master are set auto and local master is yes.

 

[jad]

ok, are you using &quot;client for microsoft networks&quot;? or just the novell?
you probably want to set the OS level lower so that it doesn't try and win elections on your network, that way it should allow itself to be below another machine.

you may want to turn off &quot;wins support&quot; option, and set the &quot;wins server&quot; option to the netware server.

hope that works at all ... sorry it took me a while to reply, been on a break.

 

[don47]

Still no go. I think it is something on the novell client side causing the problem based on faqs I have read. At this point, to eliminate that doubt, I am gonna setup a plain jane w2kp client and see what happens.

For a summary, here is where I am at:

Linux Samba server is on 192.168.0.0 network. Clients on this network can see the server in nwnh.

Client on 192.168.1.0 can ping the server name (it is not in DNS or hosts at this time) and can connect to resources via unc. So I believe that WINS is working (how else could the name be resolved). But client on this net cannont see server in nwnh. (indicating a browse list problem to me)

I'll let you know how the w2kp only client goes.

btw, thanks for the input!