Good luck, I am working on similar thing, have a 10BT and a SLirp windows
machines - got the slirp to mount but not the 10BT
On Sat, 2 Jan 1999, Michael Kujawa wrote:
> > added my roomates machines at 10bt through the linux box and now I would
> > like to have samba shares for all the machines on the linux box but
> > right now they only show up on my original 100bt box. I can mount drives
> > on my roomates' machines with smbmount, but the shares on the linux box
> > do not show up on their computers, only mine. Is this a routing problem
> > or is there someway to configure samba for this setup... didn't see
>
> This is not a routing issue; rather it is a smb configuration
> issue. For shares to be visible accross subnets, your browse master must
> be set up to handle it. (Browsing is broadcast based.)
>
> In order for this to work, your linux box must be the browse master,
> since it is the only computer capable of broadcasting to both subnets. So
> set the "os level" really high: 255. Also set "preferred master=yes" to
> force elections. (You also need "local master=yes", but that is the
> default)
>
> Next, smb must be configured to speak to both subnets. Do this with
> "domain master=yes" and "interfaces=192.168.1.0/24 192.168.2.0/24".
>
> For more information, man smb.conf.
>
> Lastly, don't forget to make sure the Win95 boxes are set up correctly.
> They have to have TCP/IP installed and configured (yours should be fine if
> smbmount works) and make sure the workgroup names match. Make sure no
> name violates the old DOS 8.3 naming rules.
>
> > I setup up the win95 machines with the linux box as their gateway
>
> Good.
>
> > thinking that packets not destined foranother win95 machine on the same
> > net would be directed to the linux machine and the sent on to their
> > destination on the other nework. I appreciate the help.
>
> Alas, samba browsing is broadcast based, and broadcasts will not be
> forwarded between subnets. You need a "bridge" to join networks in that
> fashion.
>
> -Mike
> kujawa@cs.ucf.edu
>
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