1. NetBEUI is broadcast; NetBIOS is not *necessarily* so. 2. Browsing is not really a NetBIOS thing, and (definitely* doesn't depend on WINS.
Browsing depends on the client's ability to locate a "browse master" on the current segment for its domain/workgroup. If it can't, it will call for an "election" to fill this role. My experience with the Altiga/Cisco 30xx VPn boxes was that NT/2000 clients were able to browse the internal domain after a brief delay. Windows 9x clients never managed to do this. Since Windows 9x *were* able to mount internal shares via the "net use" command line (which *does* us NetBIOS and WINS), we didn't sweat the fact that browsing never worked. Since it worked fine for NT/2000 clients, we assumed the defect was in Win 9x itself and not in our VPN configuration. DG On 22 Jan 2002, at 18:09, Andrew J. Caird wrote: > Tim, > Browsing Windows networks is a NetBIOS function, and that > is, as I understand it, a broadcast protocol. For VPNs to > work, your network is different from the other network > (the office in your case), and broadcasts don't cross > subnet boundaries unless there is something to help them > do so. > > One option is to put a WINS server in each location, and > share NetBIOS information between the WINS servers. This > is probably a bit much for your home. > > Another option (and I'm reaching here) is to use what some > firewalls offer (not sure about Cisco, I think Checkpoint > does) to solve this problem; you get handed an address > internal to the network and it does some NAT stuff and it > looks like you are on the network, and you'll see the > NetBIOS broadcasts and all will be well. Again, I'm sure > someone else on this list can expand on/correct these > statements. > > Another option is to use a NetBIOS "helper"; some switches > have this (which won't help you with your VPN problems, > but it may clear up the concept for you a little). You > might look into Samba, who's nmbd can forward WINS > information across subnets; see in particular the "wins > server" stanza in the smb.conf file and smb.conf(5) if you > look at this option. > > Hope this helps. > -- > Andrew Caird Uniphied Thought > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 313.550.8408 www.uniphied.com > _______________________________________________ > Firewalls mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls > > _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls
