<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Ashley M. Kirchner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ashley@pcraft.com">ashley@pcraft.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Simon Hobson wrote:<br>
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On the other hand, if it means "devices can find each other by broadcast" (such as via mdns, aka Bonjour) then it would cause you issues. With a little bit of setup, Windows networking can work transparently across separate subnets. <br>
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They need to find each other, but not via IPs. We have several (Windows and Samba) file servers on the network and both PCs and Macs on the network, both wired and wireless, that need to be able to browse and find those servers. No one knows their IPs (well, except me, but that doesn't help the rest of the company).<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br>Your workstations should have no problem finding the servers across subnets using DNS. <br></div></div>