I have 2.8 running in a lab environment. I finally got it working after figuring out the masquerading thing. Wish it did not require that, but that is addressed in aniother thread. My question is, do I need to do something to get NetBIOS traffic to go through the router, other than bridge. I want to keep the routing function, but have NetBIOS be able to see the other subnet in Network Neighborhood.
What do I need to do, or can I, make this work?
You have 3 alternatives:
1: Configure the router to pass Netbios broadcasts. I wouldn’t recommend this, ever.
2: Use an lmhosts file on each PC. This is configured with the IP addresses and names of computers on the network. How usable this is depends on the size of your network.
3: Setup a WINS server. This is the preferred solution but it requires Windows Server or a Linux box with Samba setup.
If you’re running NAT on this router then a lot of stuff is only going to work in one direction through the router as connections will only be allowed one way.
Regards
Andrew
Thanks Andres. I had forgotten about using the LMHOSTS file. 
I have looked and do not see how to setup the router to pass the traffic. I agree, in a production environment I would not consider this a good idea. But in my lab, I really would like to get it set up, rather than us one of the other methods.
I’m guessing here as I’ve not tried this; maybe setup a bridge interface with a filter so it only passes NBT broadcasts?
Regards
Andrew