Hi again! It seems to me that the current implementation of assigning IP numbers breaks Samba network browsing.
All other things being equal, I observe the following behavior: If an zeroconf IP is assigned additionally to the real IP, then smbtree only shows my own computer. If I don't assign a zeroconf IP (by saying FALLBACK=yes in /etc/default/zeroconf), then smbtree shows all computers on my LAN. I assume that this is caused by my box becoming the local master browser of the subnet belonging to the zeroconf IP, thus effectively splitting the Samba workgroup over two subnets. See section 1.4.3 of http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba/chapter/book/ch01_04.html for details. Since the current implementation of zeroconf breaks unrelated software, I think this qualifies as a bug rather than a wishlist item. So please, when assigning the zeroconf IP leave the primary IP intact. While I'm not certain about this, having the primary IP show up in the output of the current implementation of ifconfig might be a good indication. Regards, Georg -- Georg Wittenburg http://page.mi.fu-berlin.de/~wittenbu/
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