docs/docbook/smbdotconf/misc/remoteannounce.xml


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<samba:parameter xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
		<term><anchor id="REMOTEANNOUNCE"/>remote announce (G)</term>
		<listitem><para>This option allows you to setup <ulink url="nmbd.8.html">nmbd(8)</ulink> to periodically announce itself 
		to arbitrary IP addresses with an arbitrary workgroup name.</para>

		<para>This is useful if you want your Samba server to appear 
		in a remote workgroup for which the normal browse propagation 
		rules don't work. The remote workgroup can be anywhere that you 
		can send IP packets to.</para>

		<para>For example:</para>

		<para><command moreinfo="none">remote announce = 192.168.2.255/SERVERS 
		192.168.4.255/STAFF</command></para>

		<para>the above line would cause <command moreinfo="none">nmbd</command> to announce itself 
		to the two given IP addresses using the given workgroup names. 
		If you leave out the workgroup name then the one given in 
		the <link linkend="WORKGROUP"><parameter moreinfo="none">workgroup</parameter></link> 
		parameter is used instead.</para>

		<para>The IP addresses you choose would normally be the broadcast 
		addresses of the remote networks, but can also be the IP addresses 
		of known browse masters if your network config is that stable.</para>

		<para>See the documentation file <ulink url="improved-browsing.html">BROWSING</ulink> 
		in the <filename moreinfo="none">docs/</filename> directory.</para>
		
		<para>Default: <command moreinfo="none">remote announce = &lt;empty string&gt;
		</command></para>
		</listitem>
		</samba:parameter>