[Samba] Cross-subnet browsing problem

2009-07-22 Thread U Avalos
Hi all I followed the steps given in chapter 10 for getting cross-subnet to work. However, the samba server can see the fileshares in the workgroup but the computers in the other subnet can't see the samba share. Here's the setup: I'm using a router to share an internet connection between a

[Samba] Cross-Subnet Browsing Problem

2006-07-14 Thread Todd Pytel
Hi all, I've had cross-subnet browsing working in Samba in the past, though I tend to struggle with it each time I set it up. For whatever reason, I can't seem to get things working this time. Summary: Only my desktop, not the file server, shows up in the desktop's Network Neighborhood. (I

Re: [Samba] Cross-Subnet Browsing Problem

2006-07-14 Thread Craig White
Hi On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 19:42 -0500, Todd Pytel wrote: Hi all, I've had cross-subnet browsing working in Samba in the past, though I tend to struggle with it each time I set it up. For whatever reason, I can't seem to get things working this time. Summary: Only my desktop, not the

Re: [Samba] Cross-Subnet Browsing Problem

2006-07-14 Thread Todd Pytel
Craig White wrote: I believe what you want is 'remote announce' - you can get a good definition of it's usage in the man page for smb.conf I've tried that as well (using remote announce = 192.168.0.255), but it didn't seem to make any difference. That might be a routing issue - I didn't

Re: [Samba] Cross-Subnet Browsing Problem

2006-07-14 Thread Craig White
On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 20:17 -0500, Todd Pytel wrote: Craig White wrote: I believe what you want is 'remote announce' - you can get a good definition of it's usage in the man page for smb.conf I've tried that as well (using remote announce = 192.168.0.255), but it didn't seem to make

Re: [Samba] Cross-Subnet Browsing Problem

2006-07-14 Thread Todd Pytel
Craig White wrote: you probably don't need that option if the clients know where to find the WINS servers (probably can set multiple WINS servers in DHCP configuration) Yeah, the WINS server (which is just the single Samba server) is named in the DHCP options, so the Windows desktops are

Re: [Samba] Cross-Subnet Browsing Problem

2006-07-14 Thread Anthony Messina
Todd Pytel wrote: Yeah, the WINS server (which is just the single Samba server) is named in the DHCP options, so the Windows desktops are set up for it automatically. Again, all the name resolution works fine - the desktop can successfully view \\aristotle\username and do nblookups. Any

Re: [Samba] Cross-Subnet Browsing Problem

2006-07-14 Thread Todd Pytel
Anthony Messina wrote: Todd Pytel wrote: Yeah, the WINS server (which is just the single Samba server) is named in the DHCP options, so the Windows desktops are set up for it automatically. Again, all the name resolution works fine - the desktop can successfully view \\aristotle\username and do

Re: [Samba] Cross-Subnet Browsing Problem

2006-07-14 Thread Edmundo Valle Neto
Todd. I already used samba in network with more than one segment and never needed any remote ... option too, it worked even through a VPN. The samba books says to use that options when more than one WINS server are used, for example. Using the same WINS server in both networks, the name

Re: [Samba] Cross-Subnet Browsing Problem

2006-07-14 Thread Todd Pytel
Edmundo, Edmundo Valle Neto wrote: I already used samba in network with more than one segment and never needed any remote ... option too, it worked even through a VPN. The samba books says to use that options when more than one WINS server are used, for example. Using the same WINS server