Linux gateway windows network neighborhood

Ok Guys here is my situation. I live on a college campus i have a
windows xp pro computer hooked up to the rest of the network through a
fedora linux gateway. On the out side network there are a bunch of
windows network workgroups that i would like to be able to browse from
my windows computer.
This is what i currently have set up. On the linux gateway i have a
samba server set up. From the linux computer i can see all of the
computers on the out side network and my one windows computer. From my
windows computer i can see all of the computers that are part of the
same workgroup and all of the other workgroups on the network. I
cannot however browse any of the computers except for the linux
computer. They all say that they are not accessable and the network
path was not found. Also when i try to browse the other workgroups i
can't see any of the compters in them. From other computers on the
network i can see the linux computer and browse the shares i set up on
it.
I want to be able to browse all of the network computer from my windows
computer and if possible i would like to be able to see my computer
from the outside network. This is not important becasue i could always
mount my drives on the linux machine and share them that way. Thank
you for any help you can offer. I have been trying to do this for some
time and haven't really found any body that has tried to do the same
thing. Thanks again you are appreciated.

Bucky wrote:

> I want to be able to browse all of the network computer from my windows
> computer and if possible i would like to be able to see my computer
> from the outside network.**This*is*not*important*becasue*i*could*always
> mount my drives on the linux machine and share them that way.**Thank
> you for any help you can offer.**I*have*been*trying*to*do*this*for*some
> time and haven't really found any body that has tried to do the same
> thing.**Thanks*again*you*are*appreciated.

Windows computers (and Linux computer running Samba) announce themselves
using broadcasts. Those broadcasts are not passed by routers, including
firewalls. You have to use a WINS server, if you want to browse those
computers. You should still be able to access them with Samba however.