[pptp-server] WIN98 BlackMagic

[mduran at bamo.com]

Hello,

RE: the options file-
The /etc/ppp/options file does contain the IP of my WINS server (NT4
server); ms-wins 192.168.1.2

RE: The client IP address-
A 'route print' and a 'winipcfg' reports a valid IP address given by the
WINS server, the correct subnet, etc.  It all checks out fine.  I can telnet
into the WINS server, no problem, as well as the Linux VPN server.  I can
ping all other clients, plus printers, inside the network. The other Unix
boxen see me as one of the internal IPs.

RE: lmhost file-
I included the ip address of the samba file server I wish to map a drive to
(192.168.1.200) followed by its name 'pc01' in my lmhost.sam file.  This
machine has a share called "server" .  My lmhost file looks like this;
192.168.1.200   pc01

When I try to map a drive as \\192.168.1.200\server I get the same error
message
"the computer or sharename could not be found. Make sure you typed it in
correctly and try again". The same when trying \\pc01\server .

I found a post
(http://lists.schulte.org/pipermail/pptp-server/1999-July/005473.html) from
July 99 where this person suggests the only way to browse the network, let
alone just map a drive to the samba box, is to configure the samba box as a
WINS server.   This may be my next step.

Thank you,
-Michael