[plug] re: can see Samba server

[Raven]

Matt Kemner wrote:

> > 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.
>

Perhaps he would like to have a PDC on the 192.168.1 network and a browse master
on the other network instead !!

>
> > 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.

I have had trouble with that. I never bothered to pursue it since I setup browse
masters on our subnet.

>
> >  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.

I also have done that in the past but concede it is better to have them on the
same net.

Ian K