Thanks Les, It did work.
Warm Regards
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Les Mikesell <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:11 AM, Kevin Kimani <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I have setup backuppc running on Centos5.7. I have a vlan setup with
> > different subnets. Am trying to resolve the computer names by name hence
> > using nmblookup. Am only able to resolve the machine on the same subnet
> as
> > the backup server. I can ping machines on the other subnets but when I
> try
> > to resolve their names, am unable. Then I decided to add virtual
> networks to
> > the backup server of the subnets. Upon doing this, was unable to reach
> the
> > other networks.
> >
> > Could you help PLEASE.
>
> The best approach is to set up DNS with either static IPs or a system
> that lets the DHCP-assigned machines register their addresses
> dynamically. Next best is a central WINS server (the DHCP server
> gives out it's address and you can use samba on the backuppc server if
> you don't have another suitable machine).
>
> But, if you have connected a VLAN trunk to the backuppc server and
> given it an interface and address on each of the relevant VLANS,
> nmblookup should be able to find everything with broadcasts. I don't
> understand your problem with other networks, but it is probably simple
> routing. Be sure the netmask is correct for each interface and that
> you have only assigned one default gateway (i.e. the new VLAN
> interfaces should probably not have a GATEWAY entry).
>
> --
> Les Mikesell
> [email protected]
>
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