Re: [PLUG] Ports needed to use Samba or MS networking functions

[Jesse Huestis <jhuestis@comcast.net>]

Thanks,

They are all WinXP workstations.  What was very cool was, when I typed 
in the IP address when adding a printer on the remote system, the 
printers share name popped up.  So there is information exchange.  I 
think what is happening is, that since the computers are on a different 
subnet, browser elections are not held amoung including the one remote 
computer and, the computer registration is not propigated with the 
information to browse.

Jesse  

Magnus Hedemark wrote:

> Paul wrote:
>
> > What ever works.  But, I disagree with the above statement.  The 
> > function of WINS is to NetBIOS as DNS is to the Internet.  As longs 
> > as all computers are registering with a single WINS server, any 
> > computer can resolve names using that WINS server.
> >
> > NetBIOS doesn't work across subnets because routers by default do not 
> > forward broadcasts.
>
>
> WINS is moot if you're working with a Windows 2000 domain;  WINS has 
> been deprecated in the Windows world in favor of DNS.
>
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