Re: [PLUG] Samba/DNS question

[Jesse Huestis <jhuestis@comcast.net>]

One way to test to see if Windows is "happy" with seeing samba is to use 
the IP address and something like the following.

net use T: \\192.168.0.10\test

if you get the user name and password prompt , it should allow you to 
connect.



Paul wrote:

> Eugene Smiley wrote:
>
> > > The Window$ computers should be config'ed with the IP address of
> > > theWINS server, so they will always look to the Samba server first
> > > for NetBIOS name resolution.  (It will not have any effect on DNS
> > > lookups.)  The election process that you're eluding to will be
> > > bypassed as all clients will defer to WINS.
> > >   
> >
> >
> > Why set it up in 3-4 places when you can have it handled in one? "Oops
> > I'm changing the IP address of the fileserver. Darn I have to change
> > it on all these other machines..." Keep it simple.
> >
> >  
>
> Elections depend on broadcasting.  If broadcasting is effective on 
> your network, there is no need for WINS.  WINS serves the same purpose 
> for NetBIOS names as DNS servers serve for host names.  As you might 
> know, DNS servers have static IPs.  The addresses of the servers may 
> be provided to a client with a DHCP lease, so if a server's address 
> changes the clients are updated automatically.  Dynamic DNS wouldn't 
> hurt either.
>
> This is making things way more complicated than they need to be.  A 
> properly configured Samba server will integrate with Window$ computers 
> by broadcasting alone.  Assuming they are on the same subnet and the 
> broadcasts are not being blocked somehow.  WINS overcomes the 
> limitations and inefficiencies of broadcasting.
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