[Samba] join domain from different subnet (VPN)

[real-men-dont-click at gmx.net]

Hi,

I already tried that, no success.

The VPN connects two subnets via OpenVPN with dedicated routers on each side.


thx

Carsten



-----Original message-----
To:	samba at lists.samba.org; 
From:	Gaiseric Vandal <gaiseric.vandal at gmail.com>
Sent:	Thu 30-08-2012 14:58
Subject:	Re: [Samba] join domain from different subnet (VPN)
> Did you try a packet capture on the samba server? 
> 
> Try adding a entry for the XP machine in the server's /etc/hosts file. 
> 
> I am guessing there is some sort of weird name resolution issue going on
> with the server.    I don't think there is any reason the server should
> need to resolve the name of the client machine but I have had weird
> issues with VPN connections before. 
> 
> This is a site-to-site VPN?  
> 
> On 08/30/12 05:34, real-men-dont-click at gmx.net wrote:
> > Hello everybody,
> >
> > we have a problem joining a domain from a remote location.
> >
> > The remote location is connected via VPN. Everything is working as exspected 
> but joining the samba domain from the remote location does not work.
> >
> > - Server Samba Version is 3.5.10
> > - Windows Client is XP SP3
> > - Joining the domain locally works without problems
> > - ping does work in both directions
> > - WINS is running on the local PDC and resolves across VPN (I tested with a 
> Linux client using nbmlookup)
> > - the WINS server is configured on the client
> > - NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on the client
> > - Windows on the client firewall is OFF
> > - even adding entries to the client's lmhosts file didn't solve the problem
> >
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> >
> > thx
> >
> > Carsten
> 
> 
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