Jesse Huestis on 14 Feb 2004 02:56:02 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] Samba/DNS question


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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