Re: [Samba] using samba through a VPN

2004-12-02 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
the internet using openvpn. I've been told that samba (through no fault of its own) doesn't work very well through a VPN. Rubbish. I have a ~dozen users using it via a VPN, it works just the same as if they were local (albiet more slowly, for obvious reasons). I want the workstations in

Re: [Samba] using samba through a VPN

2004-12-02 Thread Andrew Gaffney
Adam Tauno Williams wrote: The thing to use is a DHCP server that also provides clients with the IP address of the PDC through the netbios-name-servers option in the ISC DHCP server. Yep, whether this is DHCP or not depends on your VPN technology of choise, but you need to get that information

RE: [Samba] using samba through a VPN

2004-12-02 Thread David Brodbeck
-Original Message- From: tom burkart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The thing to use is a DHCP server that also provides clients with the IP address of the PDC through the netbios-name-servers option in the ISC DHCP server. Actually, the address you want to give them is the address

Re: [Samba] using samba through a VPN

2004-12-01 Thread tom burkart
On Dec 1, Andrew Gaffney wrote: the internet using openvpn. I've been told that samba (through no fault of its own) doesn't work very well through a VPN. Seems to do a reasonable job here. I want the workstations in the new network to be able to logon to the domain and access the file shares

Re: [Samba] using samba through a VPN

2004-12-01 Thread Shawn Henderson
I am running a similiar setup. I have a main office running a T1 with a linux firewall and a samba pdc/dhcp server behind it. On my satelite office Im running a dsl connection with a dlink router with a samba pdc/firewall/dhcp server behind it. (I never trust those little dsl routers). I am

Re: [Samba] using samba through a VPN

2004-12-01 Thread Andrew Gaffney
Shawn Henderson wrote: I am running a similiar setup. I have a main office running a T1 with a linux firewall and a samba pdc/dhcp server behind it. On my satelite office Im running a dsl connection with a dlink router with a samba pdc/firewall/dhcp server behind it. (I never trust those little