From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 12 15:13:11 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA20345 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 15:13:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dax.belen.k12.nm.us (dax.belen.k12.nm.us [206.206.121.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA20340 for ; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 15:13:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wildcard@dax.belen.k12.nm.us) Received: from localhost (wildcard@localhost) by dax.belen.k12.nm.us (8.9.2/8.8.7) with SMTP id QAA06081; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 16:14:47 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wildcard@dax.belen.k12.nm.us) Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 16:14:47 -0700 (MST) From: wildcardus freakis To: Christopher Michaels - SSG cc: "Russell D. Murphy" , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: natd and MS Network Neighborhood In-Reply-To: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB441A5EE4@site2s1> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I stand humblely corrected.... On Fri, 12 Feb 1999, Christopher Michaels - SSG wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: wildcardus freakis [SMTP:wildcard@dax.belen.k12.nm.us] > > Sent: Friday, February 12, 1999 4:47 PM > > To: Russell D. Murphy > > Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: Re: natd and MS Network Neighborhood > > > > If I remember correctly MSNN uses Netbeui/Client for Microsoft protocols > > that are nonrouteable....if you have any routers in the middle including a > > routed or nat box doing routing then packets pertaining to these protocols > > are dropped...this is also the case with switches that are configured for > > TCP/IP only. To have MSNN work you must be on the same segment as the > > server that you want to connect to, be running Client for Microsoft or > > Netbeui or both and have no interfering devices > > (routers,nat,routed,switches,etc.) in the middle. > > > yes and no. MS network doesn't require NetBEUI it'll run perfectly > fine over TCP/IP and that is how my personal network is configured. MS > Networks use a proto called NETBIOS, but that runs on top of the transport > protocol. If this weren't the case samba servers wouldn't work w/o NetBEUI > support in the OS. The problem being that a standard windoze client cannot > browse across subnets, it uses a broadcast message to find and advertise > itself to the rest of the workgroup. Standard windoze 9x clients, when > there are no NT/samba servers on the network will become the browse master > but are not smart enough to concatenate a cross-subnet browse list. That's > where the NT server comes in, it can have a cross-subnet browse list. If I > remember correctly, you have an NT server/master-browser on each subnet, and > then each server shares/compares lists. This way you get a cross-subnet > browse list. Technically, samba has this same functionality and Russell can > use this to have a browse list on his laptop, but to my recollection samba > 1.19.x isn't compatible with NT servers in this respects. I honestly don't > know if the new 2.0x is compatible. > > HENCE.. the question, is he on an NT network? AND.. what version of > samba is he running? > > and after this long winded block of unreadable text, ultimately, > wildcardus is right, that the ms crap is all non-routable (as far as > browsing goes) and that's why you have your problem. The question now is, > can it be fixed. You should be able to connect to a machine on the ms > network, once MS knows the IP it's trying to connect to. (theoretically) > > (if I just put my foot in my mouth, please don't kill me) > > > When i say switches I mean ones configed for TCP networks only...I have > > several switches and I can see MSNN through them fine, but then they are > > considered Workgroup Switches so they are configured for routing everthing > > even Microsoft garbage. > > > > I might be wrong but this is to the best of my knowledge. > > > > Ta- > > Sasha > > > P.S. My coworker just looked over my shoulder and asked me if I was > writing a book here. ;^P > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message