Re: GLUG: Samba server missing

[Andrew McGill <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 2 Apr 1999, someone (possibly Ogies) said:

> I have manage to put up a cd server (Redhat 6.2 using samba) for
> everybody to see (even the windows guys) 
Congrats!

> The problem is that some windows pc 's do not see the server from
> there network neighborhood in windows only if your do a find computer
> do you get to it .
This problem generally goes away when you run a wins server (smb does
this, if you ask).  You may have set up the server for a different
"workgroup", and you may also have done something fantastic with the
TCP/IP broadcast addresses, leaving the network working with NETBEUI/IPX
only.

&:-)

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