At 00:56 08.12.2002, John H Terpstra wrote:
Well, unless all the docs are wrong, you are wrong here, or? 2==P-Node which means WINS only, whereas 8==H-Node meaning WINS first then broadcast. And the ISC DHCPD FAQ explicitly recommends using P-Node, which seems logical to me as one doesn't want unnecessary broadcasts if there is a WINS server around.On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, Dominik Wagenknecht wrote:> Hi! > > I've set up a Samba-Server with WINS which should enhance networking > around here. The situation is fairly simple: > > - Around 90 Student-PC's > - Everything is in the net 10.1.2.0 / 255.255.255.0 > > Till now everything worked more or less well without WINS (so the > DHCP-Server just assigned IP/Gateway/DNS). > Now I installed a samba machine and activated WINS-Server. The IP of > the WINS Server is assigned through the DHCP: > > option netbios-name-servers 10.1.2.15; > option netbios-node-type 2; No way! You want netbios-node-type 8 By saying type 2, you are telling your MS Windows clients to ignore WINS! You told them to use Broadcast based name resolution.
Do you have any arguments for using 8==H-Node?
Franz.
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