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[Openvpn-users] Re: LAN-LAN problems


  • Subject: [Openvpn-users] Re: LAN-LAN problems
  • From: Tom Fanning <mailinglists@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 00:51:11 +0000 (UTC)

Doug Lytle <support <at> drdos.info> writes:

> 
> Use a WINS.  Either Windows 2000 server or a Linux box
> 
> Doug
> 
> Julio Maidanik wrote:
> 
> >Hi,
> >  
> >
> >If instead of the IP address, I use the host name, the command fails because
> >it cannot resolve the address.
> >
> >So what shall I do now?
> >This is not strictly an OpenVPN question, but maybe some of you have already
> >solved this kind of problem.
> >

add an entry in the lmhosts file (c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\lmhosts on xp,
not sure about 9x) on the clients at each end for every machine that you want to
be able to browse the shares on - this allows name resolution.

regards
tom


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