Re: VPN clients can't ping by short name, but can by FQDN

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From: Thomas W Shinder [MVP] (tshinder_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/17/04


Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 09:53:00 -0600

Hi Robert,

Make sure to assign the Internal interface of the ISA firewall to use the
WINS server, and then configure the VPN server to use the Internal interface
to assign name server addresses.

Check out the ISA Server 2000 VPN Deployment Kit! --
http://isaserver.org/articles/isa2000vpndeploymentkit.html

HTH,

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"Robert T" <rattlingdags@paradise.net.nz> wrote in message
news:moH5c.1701$u%1.259424@news02.tsnz.net...
: Thanks for your reply.
:
: I've set up DHCP to point give WINS info to the clients. The machines that
: are trying to VPN in already belong to the domain (except for my one) so
in
: theory the domains suffixes match. It seems like netBIOS names don't work,
: but DNS do. I thought that DNS would resolve a netBIOS name since they are
: part of the DNS name.
:
: How do I ass the domain suffix? I've set up DHCP with the domain name as
one
: of the scope options, along with the WINS server location and node type
:
: Cheers
:
: Robert
:
:
: "J.C. Hornbeck [MSFT]" <jchornbe@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
: news:eZQI9s2CEHA.1588@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
: > There shouldn't be anything special to configure to allow NetBIOS name
: > resolution traffic to pass over through the VPN tunnel.  Is WINS running
: in
: > your environment?  Like you mentioned, you probably shouldn't need WINS,
: > especially if the domain suffix's match.  If you don't have WINS then
: > probably the easiest way to resolve this is to add the proper domain
: suffix
: > on the clients, or join them to the domain.  If it were me I'd do that
: > before adding host files.
: >
: > --
: > J.C. Hornbeck, MCSE
: > Microsoft Product Support
: >
: > NOTE: Please reply to the newsgroup and not directly to me. This allows
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: > more timely response. Thank you!
: >
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: >
: >
: > "Robert T" <rattlingdags@paradise.net.nz> wrote in message
: > news:pJy5c.1647$u%1.249770@news02.tsnz.net...
: > > Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
: > >
: > > I have a network with AD on a 2003 Server, and ISA running on a 2000
: box.
: > > I've recently rebuilt the ISA server and replaced the ADSL router.
: > >
: > > VPN clients are now not able to connect to network shares bt short
name.
: > > They can connect by using the FQDN - eg server1.internal.domain.com,
but
: > not
: > > using server1.
: > >
: > > All hosts inside the domain are able to connect no problems.
: > >
: > > RRAS is set to obtain all info from the DHCP server which hasn't
: changed.
: > >
: > > I could get around this by creating entries in the hosts file for each
: vpn
: > > client, but I would like to avoid this if possible.
: > >
: > > Is there a port I need to open for WINs? I would have thought if DNS
was
: > > good, then WINs wouldn't be needed (I haven't needed it yet - all
: clients
: > > are W2K/XP).
: > >
: > > Can anyone help?
: > >
: > > Thnaks
: > >
: > > R
: > >
: > >
: >
: >
:
:


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