On Sunday 29 February 2004 14:42, Matthias Meyer wrote:
> David Cannings wrote:
> > There was only one subnet in my case, too. However if you have
> > virtual machines (or even physical machines) on the other end of a
> > bridge they appear to have trouble resolving netbios names. This is
> > something that WINS sorts out for you. I do not know in detail how
> > netbios works so cannot provide any explanation but "it worked for
> > me".
> Ok,
> I configure the SAMBA-Server on VirtualServer as Primary Domain
> Controler and as WINS-Server:
> domain master = Yes
> local master = Yes
> preferred master = yes
> os level = 65
> wins support = Yes
> All other SAMBA-Server in the net would be configured as no PDC and
> also no WINS-Server but to syncronized with the WINS-Server:
> domain master = no
> local master = Yes
> preferred master = yes
> os level = 65
> wins support = No
> wins server = VirtualServer
> The DHCP-Server has to deliver not only the IP-Adress but also the
> adress of DNS-Server (option domain-name-servers <ip-adress>) and the
> adress of the WINS-Server (option netbios-name-servers <ip-adress>).
>
> What should I say ;-)
> It work.
>
> Thank you!
No problem, I'll consider adding this to my bridging howto now that
somebody else has confirmed it. I will have to look into how WINS /
netbios works in more detail at some point.
David
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