Topic: PPP or VPN take your pick

[Chris Woods]

I have a Windows NT back end to my network and I have semi successfully setup VPN and PPP.  When I connect via VPN or PPP I have the same problem.  After I have established my connection to the e-smith server I cannot browse the network or find any on the NT machines by name (Possibly DNS problem?) but if I put in the IP's they come up just fine...


Does anyone know how I can fix this???



Chris

[Michael Smith]

I've been wrestling with this for weeks now ... NT/2K/XP machines can connect to shares by \IP\sharename, but 9x machines canNOT.  Nobody can browse.  I think WINS may be key here but haven't been able to make it work properly, even when using the NT 4.0 Small Business Server as the definitive WINS server.  *sigh*

[sgibbs]

My guess would be it's a master browser issue. I have the same issue on my network where an E-smith server is my DC. In my case I'm not real sure how to solve it but on a network w/ mixed servers just setting a win2k server to win the master browser election should do it.

[Michaefil Smith]

In my case the Small Business Server on one side of the VPN is the domain controller.  I set the 9x machines on the far side of the VPN to use the SBS as the WINS server, but no dice.  HOWEVER, an NT or Win2K machine can see shares just fine, as I said before.  9x -- no domain login, no browse, no UNC connection.

[Charles Noel]

Try creating an LMHOSTS file with host name and IP address entries for each machine (Linux & Windows)  that participates in the LAN.

This method removes the need to set up WINS server, but requires that each machine be issued a static IP address.

Remote systems containing the LMHOSTS file and logging in via VPN can receive a DHCP address, and would be able to access resources on all machines that are configured as described above.

C