[pptp-server] Windows 2000 browse and PPTP

[Jamin Collins]

Patrick Keys [mailto:patrick.keys at forest.tele2.co.uk] wrote:
> Anyway, I have been able to access office computers from home using
> \\computer-name\share. I have now managed to obtain a list of remote
> workgroups and NT domains - our office network consists of 
> both. I managed to do this by setting the workgroup of my home PC to 
> match one of the workgroups in the office, in this case, the 
> workgroup that the samba server resides in.
> 
> Unfortunately, this is where the problem lies. My home computer is
> also connected to a network and normally resides in a different 
> workgroup. I don't particularly want to change the workgroup of my 
> PC each time I connect to the office (windows insists on a reboot), 
> so the obvious question is whether there is any way of changing this 
> on a per-connection basis... 

Nope.  Fact of life with windows networking.  You MIGHT be able to get a
listing of the other network by going to "Entire Network".  However this is
touchy at best.

Jamin W. Collins