Re: can debian be a wins server??

2001-03-27 Thread Karsten Heymann
On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Nick wrote: > if so, what packages do i nee? Samba supports acting as wins server. It should be enought to install samba (apt-get install samba) and insert/uncomment wins support=yes in /etc/smb.conf. be aware that this installs a smb-Fileserver as well, so you should rem

Re: can debian be a wins server??

2001-03-26 Thread Andrew Perrin
Yes - use samba which is perfectly happy to serve WINS. Andy Perrin -- Andrew J Perrin - Ph.D. Candidate, UC Berkeley, Dept. of Sociology (Soon: Asst Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

can debian be a wins server??

2001-03-26 Thread Nick
if so, what packages do i nee?

RE: Problem with Linux PC getting at NT WINS server

2000-03-01 Thread Moore, Paul
tatic IP > Paul> addresses by name, as (I guess) the names are resolved via > Paul> DNS. I can also ping dynamic IP machines via their > Paul> DHCPPC-names. But I can't ping using the netbios name > Paul> (which I guess is resolved via the WINS ser

RE: Problem with Linux PC getting at NT WINS server

2000-02-29 Thread Moore, Paul
From: Moore, Paul [... Description of WINS name resolution problem omitted ...] > > Can anybody tell me what I might need to do to get this working? > Another (possibly) relevant point: I can connect from the Linux box using WINS names with smbclient. The problem appears to only be with things

Problem with Linux PC getting at NT WINS server

2000-02-29 Thread Moore, Paul
) the names are resolved via DNS. I can also ping dynamic IP machines via their DHCPPC-names. But I can't ping using the netbios name (which I guess is resolved via the WINS server) 2. The box does not publish *its* netbios name correctly. I can ping from an NT box to ukrup480 (the Linux machin

WINS server

1999-07-07 Thread Tri Johan F
Linux with samba is active. I want My router be a WINS Server and Domain Master Browser. So.. I configure my smb.conf like this wins support = yes interfaces = 10.14.200.202/24 10.14.4.1/24 os level = 37 domain master = yes local master = yes preferred master = yes And then I configur

WINS server for Win95 in ppp-2.3.3-5

1998-04-12 Thread Eloy A. Paris
Hi, since I installed ppp-2.3.3-5 my Windows 95 box that dials-in to the Linux box can't get the WINS server address set. In /etc/ppp/options I have a line that says: ms-wins x.w.y.z but after the connection is stablished the WINS server information is not passed to the dial-up client