"Tracy Pierce" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
news:aakmtc0uqo@enews3.newsguy.com...
> I'm trying to make my hp3000 browsable via Windows Network Neighborhood,
but
> the two are not on the same subnet; I'm looking for the right workaround.
>
> My hp3000 is running Samba 2.0.10 under MPE/iX 6.0, at
> 10.10.1.4/255.255.255.0.
> The Windows Workgroup in which I'd like to see it appear is known as
BRIDGE,
> and all of its members are on 10.10.3.x.
>
> Samba likes to announce itself via 10.10.1.255; all I see as a result are
> "host down" messages in log.smb.
>
> We don't use any DNS, but I don't think that's a problem (yet).
>
> Since I'm led to believe that Samba likes the entire workgroup to be on
the
> same subnet, I've tried telling it that the subnet mask is 255.255.252.0,
> thinking that would cause broadcasting to a slightly larger subnet, but no
> joy.
>
> Our WINS server is at 10.30.3.1, so I've tried adding
>
>   remote announce = 10.30.3.1/YODASM
> also tried
>   remote announce = 10.10.3.255/YODASM
> also tried
>   remote announce = 10.10.3.197/YODASM
>
> I'm obviously no TCP/IP or NetBIOS or SMB master; can anybody get me
going?
>
>
I'm no expert either. However I do have a similar setup that's been working
fine for a few years now. I can't remember exactly what I did to set it up
but I do notice that I have a static mapping for my HP3000 on my WINS
server.

HTH

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Mark Undrill
Affirm Limited

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