docs/docbook/smbdotconf/misc/remoteannounce.xml

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