Re: Browsing: IP subnet <=> workgroups

imbsysop wrote:

On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 08:32:32 +0200, Daniel Boland <dboland@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

imbsysop wrote:

On Mon, 03 Apr 2006 09:41:51 +0200, Daniel Boland <dboland@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

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It is not coming up as a master browser for the other workgroups
within the ...X.0 IP subnet ..
.. and hence my Q
can it be configured to be a master browser for all the workgroups
within the ...X.0 IP subnet ..
(we are talking about full routable IP adresses not internal
non-reroutable ones)
TIA for any advice !

The problem is that you can't have multiple workgroups on one
computer. Each computer that logs on to the network, "starts"
its own workgroup (one of those 10).

There is no problem at the level of the workgroups, :-) they been
happily working together sinds the days of "WfW" (Windows for
workgroups)

Without at least one computer which is "up" and actually *in*
one of those workgroups, a user will never be able to write
files belonging to that workgroup.

You lost me here .. At the windows OS level anyone can exchange
anything between any computer in any workgroup given correct shares
and permissions even across IP subnets ..


What you want is that your ...X.0 server displays all of the ten
workgroups in its list, even if all of the computers which
actually *are* in the workgroups are down. Right?

Not exactly as my ...X.0 samba server does display all workgroups and
all master browser per workgroup. The Q was : Is it possible to have
the ...X.0 server become the master browser for all the workgroups
within its IP subnet ?

Then I have 2 questions:

1. Suppose there is a group called "A", and none of the PC's
which are in group A is up. How would I copy a file "belonging"
to group A, while my computer is in group "B"?

2. Why is it a problem that the samba server is not the master
browser?
.

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