Network Neighborhood browsing (was Re: [pptp-server] Connected, but not browsing.)
Michael Day
mday at wdda.com
Tue Dec 21 11:11:33 CST 1999
>Use a WINS server. If your MickeySoft boxes are configured to use a
>WINS server, they will register themselves with it directly. The WINS
>server will create a "browse list" which can be obtained by any
>machine (e.g., the PPTP client) without the use of broadcast.
>Three things you need to do:
> 1) Have a WINS server (see Samba's "wins server" parameter).
> 2) Configure your local Windows machines to use it. DHCP can do
> this for you, or you can set it manually on each machine in
> Network Properties. (This may not be necessary if the WINS
> server is reachable reached via broadcast; it may collect the
> browse list automatically. Not sure.)
> 3) Set the "ms-wins" parameter in /etc/ppp/options to point to your
> WINS server. This will tell your PPTP client how to reach it.
> 4) OK, I lied about there being three things. Play around with
> various "workgroup" and "domain logon" settings on the PPTP
> client until it decides it belongs to the workgroup. I haven't
> figured out exactly what magic combination works; it would be
> great to nail this down and document it.
I have got network browsing working with WINS by setting the workgroup
setting to match the WINDOZE Workgroup name.
I also staticly defined the WINS Server Address
Only thing I can't do is logon to Win2000 Terminal Services, I believe I
Blue Screened the Server.
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