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RE: [PLUG] Ports needed to use Samba or MS networking functions
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No. My understanding is as I said - a WINS server at both ends, not just
one WINS at one end.
WINS resolves NetBIOS names to IPs. If you are not using NetBIOS (which
is an option, in an all-Win2K (or WinXP) environment, you don't need
WINS to connect to shares. If you specify the computer you wish to
connect to by IP address or DNS name, then you're not trying to access
by NetBIOS name, and therefore, no, you won't need WINS.
There are supposed to be docs about this at the SAMBA site, I believe.
If not, MS definitately has the info in their KnowledgeBase.
-----Original Message-----
From: plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org
[mailto:plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org] On Behalf Of Paul
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 2:29 AM
To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Ports needed to use Samba or MS networking functions
Michael Leone wrote:
>You can't browse across different sub-nets with SMB (MS networking),
>without a WINS server at both sub-nets. Failing that, an LMHOSTS file
>might allow you to do that.
>
>
Do you mean hosts on both subnets pointing to the same WINS server?
(Samba has the ability to act as a WINS server.) Basically, IPs and
resolvable names work.
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