Caveats--virtual machines doing nat are, by definition, on a separate subnet. And your friends can share without a hostname--just access by IP address! (ACLs apply of course)
On 12/11/08, Uriel Avalos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > @Rob@ - I was just thinking in terms of keeping it simple. One less thing I > need to worry about. On top of that, my computers and > any friend's computers will work right out the box (for the most part. I > imagine, if my router doesn't know their hostname, > they'll be able to browse but not share). > > @Doug@ - So going w/o a WINS server works even if I use different > workgroups? Sweet... > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:55:39AM -0500, Rob Shinn wrote: >> You shouldn't need one, but running one won't really hurt either. >> >> On 12/11/08, Uriel Avalos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Hi. All, I've been reading the docs but I'm not too sure when I should >> > run a >> > WINS server. >> > >> > Just to confirm, I only need a WINS server if I have more than one >> > workgroup? or more than one subnet? >> > Otherwise the DNS server should be sufficient, right? (My router uses >> > static >> > dchp to keep track of hostnames for each machine.) >> > >> > My home network: >> > * User-level security >> > * 3 linux boxes with 2 windows machines -- the 3 linux boxes file >> > sharing >> > with samba >> > * All machines in one workgroup >> > * All machines in one subnet >> > >> > -- >> > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the >> > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba >> > >> >> -- >> Sent from my mobile device > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > -- Sent from my mobile device -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba