Re: can't browse network accessed via VPN

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Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 11:06:43 +1100

   That about sums it up. Without a domain and without WINS you have to fall
back to lmhosts files and no browsing. This applies to a routed network too,
not just remote users.

"Gary Roach" <jgroach@NOSPAMcogeco.ca> wrote in message
news:eiF3siu3EHA.3596@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> what you're telling me is consistent with what i've experienced. i've been
> doing tests on a test LAN on which i've got a windows server 2003 server.
> this is why i tried to use WINS - because i had the ability to easily
> install it. ultimately, the LAN i'll be connecting to is workgroup of XP
> Pro machines with no WINS server (unless the router happens to have that
> capability - i don't know yet). in this environment i won't be able to
> resolve netbios names at all for the dial-up clients unless i can somehow
> maintain hosts or lmhosts files on the vpn client machines. the only way
> to do it automatically would be to enable global broadcasts to the vpn
> clients. i tried adding the 255.255.255.255 route to the routing table but
> "route" gave me an error saying this address is invalid.
>
> "Bill Grant" <not.available@online> wrote in message
> news:eRHtTun3EHA.1400@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> You can sometimes get an (incomplete) browse list when you first
>> connect, but that is a fluke. When the browser settles down, it tells you
>> (correctly) that it can't find the browse master.
>>
>> The remote clients will not appear in the LAN browse list. Browse
>> lists are built by broadcasts, and these don't normally cross routers or
>> WAN links.
>>
>> If you were using a site-to-site VPN, browsing would be possible
>> because you would have a segment master browser at the remote site. But
>> here again it only works with a domain. Only a PDC can merge browse lists
>> to give you a network-wide list.
>>
>> "Gary Roach" <jgroach@NOSPAMcogeco.ca> wrote in message
>> news:OYyc%23Nk3EHA.2288@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>> it's a workgroup i'm trying to browse. interesting that since i posted,
>>> a windows 98 VPN client produced a browse list. it included XP clients
>>> from the local LAN and the server that runs the WINS server but not the
>>> XP remote client that's also connected via a VPN. the XP client still
>>> gives an error when i try to browse, but i can connect to shares on the
>>> LAN using UNC with netbios names.
>>>
>>> "Michael Giorgio - MS MVP" <Michael.Giorgio@NoSpam.mayerson.com> wrote
>>> in message news:OYG9cDg3EHA.3820@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>>> If you don't have a domain in either location you will not be
>>>> able to get this to work. You cannot browse remote workgroups
>>>> without the presence of a DMB or domain master browser. The
>>>> PDC or PDC emulator (W2k or higher) by default is always the
>>>> DMB which is responsible for querying remote segments to get
>>>> their local browse list.
>>>>
>>>> Having said all that if you have a domain in place attempt to map
>>>> to a share from the remote location to the W2k3 server and vice
>>>> versa. If the drive map fails post the exact error.
>>>>
>>>> "Gary Roach" <jgroach@NOSPAMcogeco.ca> wrote in message news:
>>>>> I'm connecting to a network over a VPN. the VPN is hosted by a machine
>>>>> running server 2003. it's also running a WINS server. the machine is a
>>>>> stand-alone server. on the vpn client machine, i get the WINS address
>>>> of the
>>>>> WINS server correctly and i can ping internal machines using netbios
>>>> names.
>>>>> however, i cannot browse the network using the vpn client. when i
>>>> click
>>>>> "view workgroup computers", i get the error:
>>>>>
>>>>> workgroup is not accessible. you might not have permissions to use
>>>> this
>>>>> network resource.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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