[Samba] Re: WINS and Subnets [was: Help: justification for Linux

On Fri, 11 Apr 2008, Greg J. Zartman, P.E. wrote:

>> You only need 1 WINS server for your organization (or 2 for redundancy). We
>> have multiple subnets here at OSU and only 2 WINS servers. Our DHCP
>> servers had out the WINS server IP addresses to all clients, and Samba is
>> configured to use them as well. You DO need a master browser on each
>> subnet.
>
> Are you pointing your clients on a given subnet to the "local master" for
> WINS queries or the primary WINS server?
>
> I have a couple subnets, but hand out the Primary WINS ip to ALL of my
> clients. WINS browsing across the subnets fine, but updates from the subnets
> tend to be really slow.

All clients are given the IP addresses of the 2 WINS servers. We don't
configure local master browsers explicitly on our subnets - the Windows
computers can elect a local master for themselves automatically.

Andy
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