docs/docbook/smbdotconf/misc/remoteannounce.xml

   1 <samba:parameter name="remote announce"
   2                  context="G"
   3                  advanced="1" developer="1"
   4                  xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
   5 <listitem>
   6         <para>This option allows you to setup <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmbd</refentrytitle>
   7         <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>to periodically announce itself
   8         to arbitrary IP addresses with an arbitrary workgroup name.</para>
   9
  10         <para>This is useful if you want your Samba server to appear
  11         in a remote workgroup for which the normal browse propagation
  12         rules don't work. The remote workgroup can be anywhere that you
  13         can send IP packets to.</para>
  14
  15         <para>For example:</para>
  16
  17         <para><command moreinfo="none">remote announce = 192.168.2.255/SERVERS
  18         192.168.4.255/STAFF</command></para>
  19
  20         <para>the above line would cause <command moreinfo="none">nmbd</command> to announce itself
  21         to the two given IP addresses using the given workgroup names.
  22         If you leave out the workgroup name then the one given in
  23         the <link linkend="WORKGROUP"><parameter moreinfo="none">workgroup</parameter></link>
  24         parameter is used instead.</para>
  25
  26         <para>The IP addresses you choose would normally be the broadcast
  27         addresses of the remote networks, but can also be the IP addresses
  28         of known browse masters if your network config is that stable.</para>
  29
  30         <para>See <link linkend="NetworkBrowsing"/>.</para>
  31
  32         <para>Default: <command moreinfo="none">remote announce = &lt;empty string&gt;</command></para>
  33 </listitem>
  34 </samba:parameter>