I have got it to almost work when all computers are in the same workgroup. When
browsing on the vista computer I see three computers, vista, linux running samba
and a 2k machine connected to the linux machine and the second interface. The
problem is that I cannot browse the 2k machine. I can access it using IP but
when doing a nmblookup on the linux machine it cannot resolve the name using
wins.
The log file, log.nmbd, contains the name query request but not the answer of
it. Anyone got any hints on how to troubleshoot this?
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I have a setup where a Vista machine that is behind a NAT connects to a Linux
(debian) machine to access SMB shares on that machine. The connection is made
with VPN using L2TP/IPSec. I have configured the Linux machine to act as WINS
server and PPP will give the Vista machine a new IP on the same subnet and also
tell Vista that the WINS server is the Linux machine.
I have added one share named samba and I can connect it using either IP\Samba or
Debian\Samba where debian is the name of the Linux machine. What I'm missing
is that Vista cannot find the shares unless I know they exists, i.e I cannot
find that network and browse it using the network explorer. Since I can write
Debian to connect I guess WINS is somewhat working. What more do I need to
configure for Vista to be able to browse the network connected with the VPN. Is
it something with workgroups? I do not want to change to workgroup on vista and
I think it should be possible to browse other workgroups as long as you belong
to the same subnet. Any ideas on this?
/Bengt Werst?n