Re: Another Win95 -> Samba question

[Scott Ripley <sripley@citrine.cyberstation.net>]

Bill,
	Samba uses the smb protocol. You will not be able to see machines
on the other side of a router unless there is an NT box acting as a
"Domain server" (I'm not really sure what the official name is). Basicly,
SMB was designed for workgroups, and not for operation over WANs. 
	
	Most sane network security people would't allow SMB connects from
the internet anyway. We all know how secure the Windows file system is...

	Yeah, its normal.

Scott Ripley
sripley@cyberstation.net

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On Fri, 4 Sep 1998, Bill Dunn wrote:

> 
> 
> 	I've been trying to determine why I can see a Samba server if my Win95
> computer is dialled into the ISP with a modem but not thru a private
> network connected to the internet via a router.
> 
> 	It's using the latest Red Hat RPM of Samba on a Red Hat 5.1 server. It has
> WINS support enabled (if that makes a difference). If I dial into the ISP
> with my DUN connection's WINS server set to the IP address of the Samba
> server and NetBeui enabled I can view the Samba server properly (login and
> everything) in the Network Neighborhood folder. But with a Wins server set
> in TCP/IP -> 3Com card and Netbeui -> 3Com card I can't see the Samba
> server from the private network. I can see the computers on the LAN but not
> the Samba server behind the router on the internet.
> 
> 	Is this normal?
> 
> 
> 	Bill Dunn
> 
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