I have set up a VPN from my home "office" to the "work" "office". And I want to access our Windoze file server from home. Home network: 192.168.55.0 Office Network: 192.168.5.0 I can access the office server through IP address, but not through the name. If the IP Address changes, I have to re-connect. IS there a way to run samba to pass computer name information between two subnets? Patrick Dench Application Specialist www.acdisplays.com
I guess your current name resolution must be using broadcasts. Broadcasts don't pass over subnet boundries which is where your problem lies. What you need to do is configure Samba to also be a WINS server. Windows hachines should have the WINS server specified directly or if you use DHCP you can specify in the DHCP server configuration.> -----Original Message----- > From: samba-admin@lists.samba.org [mailto:samba-admin@lists.samba.org]On > Behalf Of Patrick Dench > Sent: 21 March 2002 16:45 > To: samba@lists.samba.org > Subject: [Samba] Samba over a routed network? > > > I have set up a VPN from my home "office" to the "work" "office". And I > want to access our Windoze file server from home. > Home network: 192.168.55.0 > Office Network: 192.168.5.0 > > I can access the office server through IP address, but not > through the name. > If the IP Address changes, I have to re-connect. IS there a way to run > samba to pass computer name information between two subnets? > > Patrick Dench > Application Specialist > www.acdisplays.com > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > >