Would the listmanager gods permit a small digression, please? I'd
just like to ask what are the symptoms of WINS not working? How do
you really know what it's doing? Thanks
> Subject: Re: [Masq] WINS problems with IP masq.
>
> > I have Samba version 1.9.18 installed on linux, and inside the subnet all
> >machines use the linux box as the WINS server. Outside there is another WINS
> >server, which I cannot use inside the subnet due to masquerading.
>
> What patch rev? Current is 1.9.18p10-5
>
> Also, though the Linux box is a MASQ server, all machines should
> be able to use it as a WINS server.
>
>
> >That's why I set the WINS PROXY option to yes, but nothing has changed.
>
> Hmmm.. that was my second idea. What does a higher debug level of
> Samba say?
>
>
> > If the WINS works, it takes such a long time to browse some of the
> >workgroups of the network on a Windows machine (about 45 seconds).
>
> I bet all the windows machines are broadcasting out and NOT using
> the WINS server. This is probably a HUGE broadcast storms for
> 120 some odd machines.
>
>
> > If you have a configuration file (smb.conf) of a similar case, I think it
> >could help me out. I have read all the relevant documentation (about WINS),
> >but none of them dealt with ip masquerading.
>
> MASQ isn't going to be that different of a senario. Personally, I'd
> recommend to configure the Linux box as the master WINS server.
>
> --David
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