[Samba] Re: VPN and NetBIOS Name Service

[shaunp]

Adam Tauno Williams <adamtaunowilliams <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> > > Why not just set Samba to run a WINS service and point your laptop to 
> > > that? WINS eliminates the need for NetBIOS broadcasts.
> > For completeness' sake, I really should also mention that that Windows XP and
> > Windows Mobile do not provide a WINS server.  Betcha knew that already :).
> 
> See if you can configure the link as a proxy arp'd connection.
> 
Thanks Adam, I'll try this out and post back w/my results.

Regards,
Shaun