OpenWRT WINS with Samba: Difference between revisions
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If there is no Windows Domain Controller within a subnet, the following configuration is recommended for the /etc/dhcpd;<syntaxhighlight lang="text"> | * If there is no Windows Domain Controller within a subnet, the following configuration is recommended for the /etc/dhcpd; | ||
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# This configures Samba to enable WINS support | # This configures Samba to enable WINS support | ||
wins support = yes | wins support = yes | ||
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preferred master = yes | preferred master = yes | ||
domain master = yes | domain master = yes | ||
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* The netbios name = |NAME| directive in Services, Network Share, Edit Template Tab in the OpenWRT GUI configures SAMBA with the name defined in the System, System, Hostname Field. | |||
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==== Remaining Items to Document ==== | |||
* LMHOSTS | |||
** https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/using_samba/ch07.html | |||
* nss-mdns: A simple service that doesn't seem to exist any longer for OpenWRT (possibly replaced by UMDNS or can be replace by Avahi) that allows a Linux (AKA OpenWRT) device to resolve WINS style host names from an LMHOSTS file (which only resolves names for the local router). | |||
** https://forum.openwrt.org/t/what-happened-to-nss-mdns-package-mdns-local-dns-resolution/25799 | |||
** https://serverfault.com/questions/272965/how-can-i-make-ubuntu-use-samba-to-resolve-windows-host-names | |||
** https://fedoramagazine.org/find-systems-easily-lan-mdns/ | |||
* AVAHI | |||
** https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/zeroconfig/zeroconf | |||
* UMDNS: An alternative to AVAHI from OpenWRT ( ) | |||
** https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/zeroconfig/zeroconf | |||
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