1 <samba:parameter xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
2 <term><anchor id="REMOTEBROWSESYNC"/>remote browse sync (G)</term>
3 <listitem><para>This option allows you to setup <ulink url="nmbd.8.html">nmbd(8)</ulink> to periodically request
4 synchronization of browse lists with the master browser of a Samba
5 server that is on a remote segment. This option will allow you to
6 gain browse lists for multiple workgroups across routed networks. This
7 is done in a manner that does not work with any non-Samba servers.</para>
9 <para>This is useful if you want your Samba server and all local
10 clients to appear in a remote workgroup for which the normal browse
11 propagation rules don't work. The remote workgroup can be anywhere
12 that you can send IP packets to.</para>
14 <para>For example:</para>
16 <para><command moreinfo="none">remote browse sync = 192.168.2.255 192.168.4.255
19 <para>the above line would cause <command moreinfo="none">nmbd</command> to request
20 the master browser on the specified subnets or addresses to
21 synchronize their browse lists with the local server.</para>
23 <para>The IP addresses you choose would normally be the broadcast
24 addresses of the remote networks, but can also be the IP addresses
25 of known browse masters if your network config is that stable. If
26 a machine IP address is given Samba makes NO attempt to validate
27 that the remote machine is available, is listening, nor that it
28 is in fact the browse master on its segment.</para>
30 <para>Default: <command moreinfo="none">remote browse sync = <empty string>