Re: [PLUG] Speaking of Win98 -- Samba question

["Arthur S. Alexion" <arthur@alexion.com>]

Paul wrote:

> LeRoy Cressy wrote:
>
> >   The WINS configuration shoulfd be the IP address of the Linux box 
> > running SAMBA.
>
> That is only necessary if the computers are on different subnets.  
> Otherwise, NetBIOS broadcasts are all that is needed.  Plug and play 
> peer to peer networking.
>
> Also, if Samba is configured as a WINS server, the client computers 
> will fall back to broadcasting anyway.
I've been consulting Eckstein & Collier-Brown, Using Samba (O'Reilly, 
2nd Edition).  It recommends using the samba machine as a WINS server to 
avoid broadcasting, even if you only have a single subnet.  Assuming 
that this may not always avoid broadcasting, are there any drawbacks to 
using WINS with a single subnet?



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