On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Stefan Srdic wrote: > Soeren H wrote: > > Is there a host name resolution method that does not use broadcasts? Which one > resolution method is preferred? > WINS doesn't use broadcast,but you should set up a WINS server, or activate this service on smb.conf and point your Windows station to Samba server ( in TCP/IP Properties-> WINS server ). > I have all default chain policies set to accept, so broadcast should not be > afected by any IPtables rules. Do you know which port/service that these Samba > broadcast originate from?
I'm not sure 100% but that should be 192.168.x.x.137 -> 192.168.x.255.137 Source port and destination port are the same, 137 ( netbios-ns ). I suggest to increase logging to see exactly if broadcast are permitted or denied by your rules. > > Stef > Regards, Florin
