[Samba] Browsing through a tunnelled VPN connection

[Craig White]

On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 22:34 -0700, Rory Erickson wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I am trying to determine the best way for this to be done.
> 
> I'm currently using a VPN software package called OpenVPN, which I
> connect to through a tunneled connection.  
> 
> When I connect to the VPN I am given an IP address of 192.168.3.6, and a
> subnet mask of 255.255.255.252.  The Samba server has an IP address of
> 192.168.2.101 and has a subnet mask of 255.255.255.128.  A WINS server
> address of 192.168.2.101 is pushed to my VPN client when I connect.
> 
> Once I connect to the VPN I can access each computer on the network,
> including the Samba server by typing their netbios name pre-pended by a
> \\.  However, I am unable to browse to these computers via Network
> Neighborhood on my Windows 98 machine, nor My Network Places on any of
> my Windows XP machines.  I believe I had enabled WINS on the Samba
> server, which I was under the impression it would enable this even
> though the computers do not broadcast like on a local network or bridged
> VPN connection.
> 
> Was I incorrect in this assumption?  If so, are there any potential
> options that I may have available to accomplish this--the cosmetic issue
> of being able to see the computers on the network via My Network Places
> even when connected via a tunneled VPN connection?
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openvpn offers several modes of use.

this question might be better handles by openvpn list.

assuming that other machines are capable of browsing the network and
locating other systems on the LAN via WINS, it would stand to reason
that a remote computer via VPN should be also able to browse the network
via WINS - if the connection permitted and the remote computer had been
set up with the same WINS settings.

Craig