Re: [Openvpn-users] Newbie question

["Ian Macnaughtan" <macnaughtani@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> [mailto:openvpn-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Les 
> Mikesell
> Sent: Thursday, 5 October 2006 6:15 AM
> To: Scott Ackerman
> Cc: openvpn-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Openvpn-users] Newbie question
> 
> On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 12:50 -0600, Scott Ackerman wrote:
> > Okay, here is the deal. I have set up an OpenVPN 2.09 server on a 
> > Windows 2000 server which is behind a Linux box that is acting as a 
> > firewall and proxy server. I have OpenVPN 2.09 client on a Windows 
> > 2000 professional which is also behind a Linux box that is
> acting as a
> > firewall and proxy server. I believe that neither firewall
> is at issue
> > because I can ping bi-directionally. From the client, I can
> also ping
> > any address on the server subnet. The client subnet is at
> 192.168.13.0
> > the server subnet 10.20.11.0 the vpn subnet is 192.168.99.0. The 
> > server side is also running a WINS server at 192.168.99.1.
> The problem
> > is that I cannot ping host names, and I cannot mount any
> shared drives
> > using net use with appropriate user name passwords, etc. I
> am not sure
> > where to start looking, as I have been working on this for two days 
> > straight now, I have also looked at the FAQ's and looked at
> 3 months of mail archives.
> > Both sides are using tun, and I am using the configuration that is 
> > recommended at the Shorewall site since that is the
> firewall package I
> > am using. Where to next?
> 
> Does 'ipconfig /all' on the client show that the correct WINS server 
> is being used - and is there some reason to think it is working?  
> Another way to make this work is to put all the names you need into 
> DNS and add the domain to your DNS search list.
> 

I might be way of base here. Shouldn't the WINS server be in the server
subnet and not the vpn subnet? 

Regards
Ian Macnaughtan.
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