25.2 Misconfigured Networks

Network configuration errors can also upset the teacart.

No DMB

If there's no Domain Master Browser, then cross-subnet browsing won't work ( unless you set up Samba's extensions correctly).

Separated namespaces

Namespace manglement is a big deal in the CIFS world, in part because it is so easy to mess it up. The NBT namespace can be fractured if multiple, unsychronized NBNS servers are used or if P, B, and M/H nodes are mixed in the same environment.

The Browse Service relies heavily on the NBT Name Service, so it is important to make sure that the NBT namespace is consistent. Otherwise, the Browsers, Providers, and Consumers won't be able to find one another.

Isolated workgroups

Figure 24.1 showed what this problem looks like. Unless workgroups are physically mixed on the same LAN, the LMBs won't find one another and won't exchange DomainAnnouncement frames . That means that the workgroups will remain isolated.