On 11/16/2009 08:21 AM, Eric PEYREMORTE wrote: > Hi, > > I have troubles understanding wins and network browsing functionnality. > > I have a samba server(pdc) on a different subnet than my clients. > > The server smb.conf has wins support = Yes, the client are configured > to use the wins server. > > In the wins.dat, i can see all the computers. > > In the browse.dat i have only computers/servers that are in the same > subnet. > > When i try to browse the network via "network neighborbood" i only see > the computers that are in the same subnet ( the same that are in the > browse.dat ) > > I've read the howto about wins, but can't understand how my computers > can be visible in the network neighborhood... I thought that setting a > wins server would be the solution but i think i'm wrong. > > Could someone helped me ? > ( I googled all the day for that ...) > > Thanks, > Eric
Have you configured ALL you MS Windows clients TCP/IP settings to use the Samba WINS server? The Samba3-HOWTO has a fairly detailed chapter on network browsing. What part of it does not make sense? http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba3-HOWTO.pdf - John T. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
