SOLVED: Samba between dmz server and local network?

xanc · n00b Joined: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 13

I have a 3 interface firewall which connects my internet, dmz server and internal network together. I have a samba server setup and running correctly on the dmz server. I have the firewall opened up between the internal network and the dmz for samba. The problem is i can't browse the workgroup from my windows boxes and automatically see the server. My internal network is 192.168.1.x and my dmz is 192.168.2.x. Do i need to run another samba server on the firewall machine to let the two networks see each other? How would i even go about doing that? Is there another way to link them so the server will broadcast to my local network? I hope this was clear enough.. let me know if you guys need any more info.

btw.. the firewall is all setup right, i can manually connect to the samba server in the dmz from my local network. This is just a problem of broadcasting to the local network that the server is there, so it can be a simple process for less savy people in the house.

biznatch · Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 8:35 pm Post subject:

You need do to one of the following...

1. Install a WINS server on the LAN and configure all SMB hosts to use it.
2. Make the DMZ Samba server a WINS server and configure all SMB hosts to use it (example "wins support = yes"). <- Recommended solution
3. Use a firewall that supports NetBIOS broadcast forwarding. <- Not recommended
4. Configure Samba to do a "remote announce" to the LAN (example "remote announce = 192.168.1.255"). < - Dosen't always work in my opinion

One of these should work for you to get the DMZ system to show up in your LAN "network negiborhood".
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xanc · n00b Joined: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 13

Thanks! I've solved the problem with your advice.

I chose to make the DMZ samba server a Wins server as well. On the windows boxes I've gone into the network properties for my nic, then tcp/ip properties, then advanced. I selected the wins tab and added my SMB server's IP address to the list. Worked like a charm. Hope it also helps anyone else with a similar problem.

Thanks, biznatch!