Re: PDC and Browsing with Cisco VPN

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From: Michael Giorgio - MS MVP (Michael.Giorgio_at_NoSpam.mayerson.com)
Date: 08/13/04 

Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 09:58:02 -0400

Now you've completely lost me. The VPN server
will block broadcast packets? Broadcasts do not
traverse routers but that doesn't prevent cross subnet
browsing e.g., WINS, lmhosts.

"Bill Grant" <not.available@online> wrote in message news:
> Putting the remote in the same subnet as the site to which it
connects
> doesn't really solve anything. The real problem is that the remote
client
> cannot use broadcasts. Browsing essentially relies on broadcasts to
build
> the browse list.
>
> Browsing from a remote client is possible, but not easy. It is
only
> possible if a domain exists. (And the remote client itself will not
appear
> in the browse list, because it is not really on a LAN segment).