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Date:      Wed, 21 Apr 1999 11:59:20 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        MPN <neubyneu@twcny.rr.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: samba/FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904211157410.27954-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <000a01be8b96$9ca0ed20$04c809c0@cmsnet.net>

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Please wrap your lines, thanks.

On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, MPN wrote:

> Not sure if this is a FreeBSD question as much as it is a Samba
> question.  I have Samba accepting domain logins for my LAN currently.  
> I'd like to set up a sort of WAN.  I have a direct, permanent cable
> connection to the internet(called COMPA).  I have a "friend" office
> with another direct, permanent cable connection to the 'net(COMPB).  
> I'd like to have COMPB be able to login to COMPA accross the internet.  
> Does anyone understand what I mean??  Basically I'd like to enable
> domain logins from across the net.  Is this possible with
> FreeBSD/SAMBA?  Please respond promptly.  Thank you in adance!

NBP was not engineered to run over the wide Internet.  Samba supports
NetBIOS over TCP, so it can be done, but:

1)  The performance will be horrible due to Internet latency.
2)  You must have a WINS server running so the remote system can translate
the NetBIOS name to a IP name.  I don't know of any WINS servers for UNIX,
not to say they don't exist.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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