Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4600 mails)

["Ken Schneider" <suselist@xxxxxxxx>]

-----Original Message-----
From: "Jean Hendrickx" <jeanh@xxxxxxxxx>
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Cc: <suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 18:46:46 -0400
Subject: [SLE] Can't access a SMB share in other LAN

> 
> 	Hi Folks, I've a SuSE Professional LAN (192.168.1.x) connected
> with a windows machines [the Windows machines have a Workgroup: Site_1)
> ... at remote location (connected using Frame Relay) I have another
> bunch of Windows machines connected using another Workgroup (Site_2)
> and
> other LAN (192.168.2.x).
> 
> 	I defined my routes so I can 'ping' the machines at Site_2 from
> Site_1, also the machines from Site_2 can ssh/access the application on
> Linux. Almost everything works fine ... but now the customer wants to
> use the printer's attached to machines on WG Site_2 from a Windows
> machine located on Site_1.
> 


This is not a fault of linux or the windows machines. You need to turn on
bridging on the routers if you want to pass netbios traffic. Either that
or putting them all in the same workgroup might help.

I have the same setup here, Cisco routers and Frame/Relay but all of our
wan connections are in the same workgroup and we can at least reach the
remote machines using \\168.192.x.x\share.

Just my $.02


Ken Schneider