[plug] re: can see Samba server

[Millers]

Matt,
I was told it's because (and he has a point) the dialup is on a differnet
network (eg not the same local lan) due to protocols being used.  IP on the
local and PPP on the dialup.  So I guess I'll need to set-up a route between
the .2 and .1 network.

JLM

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Kemner [mailto:zombie at wasp.net.au]
> Sent: Sunday, 11 June 2000 2:24
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: RE: [plug] re: can see Samba server
>
>
> > So you are saying it is better to have the dial-up PC on the
> same network?
>
> Yes, because the SMB protocol is heavily reliant on broadcast traffic, so
> works better when all hosts are on the same network.
>
> > can a route be setup to handle the two networks or is it better
> to be on the
> > same network.
>
> If the remote PC were running ilnux, you could tell samba to announce
> itself on the other network, but I don't know of any way to get windows to
> do that.
>
> >  The person that setup the dial-up always set up dial-ups on
> > different networks.  I've posted the question to him as to why
> he does it
> > this way.
>
> It is certainly an unusual way to do it, but a perfectly valid one.
> Maybe he just likes to keep them seperated.
>
>  - Matt
>