On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 09:00, Adam Dobrin wrote: > I'm having trouble using backuppc from a separate subnet. I have a VPN > connection from an offiste location to my network; and while the remote > machine *can* ping into the internal network, and perl's gethostbyname > functions fine; bpc is still returning a 'no ping'. > > nmblookup is not functioning properly, but from what i read in the > documentation, if gethostbyname works, it doesn't go there.
Nmblookup uses windows netbios name mechanism and that works by broadcasting. It won't work across routed subnets unless you set up a WINS server that all the machines can use, If you have a fixed IP for the remote end of the VPN you can also use DNS names. -- Les Mikesell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
