Re: [Sheflug] Samba WINS client

["Chris J/#6" <nospam [at] nccnet.co.uk>]

> Hello,
> 
> The machines are using TCP/IP and NetBIOS, but not NetBeui. The NetBIOS bit
> is fine. I can see them if i do a smbclient //WHATEVER/SHARED.
> 
> The problem is that they seem to have no domain, or at least, not that I can
> find. The NetAdmin doesn't know what domain they are in.
> 
> The only name these boxes have is the NetBIOS name which is exported for the
> SMB clients/servers to use.
> 
> This is a pain when I try to do anything other than Samba mounts on them.
> 
> I can ping the NT and Linux boxes OK by doing:
> 
> ping <netbiosname>.<domain>
> 
> but the Win9x machines don''t like this, or
> 
> ping <netbiosname>
> 
> or
> 
> ping <netbiosname>.
> 
> I can ping them by IP, but as this is on a network with a DHCP server, I
> can't set them up in resolv.conf as they are subject to change.
> 
> What I really need to know is this. How is a Win9x machine recognised on a
> 'real' network (not SMB). Or is this a microshaft
> 'use-our-stuff-or-it-wont-work' ploy (most likely)
> 

Oh this chestnut - I bumped into this recently - from what I can work out, 
Win9x boxes won't use WINS for resolving IP's with standard TCP/IP tools 
(telnet, ftp, ping et al). NT does without a problem. This leads me to wonder 
if 95's networking is borked.

A Win9x box is recgonised as what ever you want. It's networking is a crude 
form of NT's. It can be either IP or NetBIOS based - or both.

What you really need, when its released, is a Linux box with dhcpd version 3 
and BIND 8 on it - as dhcpd3 this will support dynamic DNS updates, and bind8 
will happily receive them. This'll solve the problems :)

As for the current situation though - I'm not sure. I'm still thinking on 
this problem for our network at work. Win9x is a git. OK for home (games!) 
crap for the office (shite networking support). If I think of summat I'll let 
ye know.

Chris...



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