What I've done is one of two things. If there is already a WINS server in the network, I point Samba at that (wins server= in /etc/samba/smb.conf). If there is not, I set up Samba to be a WINS server, and point the Windows clients at it as a WINS server.
Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Tim Verhoeven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 4:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Problem with broadcasts on escon linked Linux images Hello there, I'm building a set of 4 Linux LPAR images on a Multprise 3000. One of the images is connected to the rest of the network thru a ethernetcard, we call it the router image. The other three are linked to the router image using escon channels. On one of the three other images I'm setting up Samba. But since Samba and the SMB protocol uses broadcast to provide some of the functionality I need to get these onto the network. The first problem I had is that I had to change the netmask for the escon channel from 255.255.255.255 to 255.255.254.0 (in my case). This is described on the Turbolinux website. But still there is something missing. When I try to lookup the ip adres of a Windows server on the Samba image (using nmblookup) I get no response, and since this is done using broadcast this means that they are not getting out. Connections not using broadcasts already works, e.g. I can telnet in, connect to webserver on image. Has anyone here already setup something simular, or could help me with this. Thanks, Tim -- ============================================================================ == Tim Verhoeven Music Services - Michel Stoffels GSM : 0496 / 693 453 + Deejayteam Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] + Sound & Light rentals URL : www.sin.khk.be/~dj/ + P.A. services =========Public PGP-Key at : http://www.sin.khk.be/~dj/publickey.txt========== Member of Student Information Networking (www.sin.khk.be)
