[pptp-server] Windows 2000 browse and PPTP

[Justin Kreger]

Try remote announce in samba.....

Justin Kreger, MCP MCSE CCNA
jkreger at earthling.2y.net jwkreger at uncg.edu jkreger at aristotle.wss.net


On Sat, 9 Jun 2001, Patrick Keys wrote:

> 
> 
> Hello
> 
> I have been trying for ages to make a Linux pptpd server running samba 2.2.0
> supply a browse list for the computers on my office network when accessing
> from home. Samba is configured as a WINS server and the remote clients are
> configured to use it. Most of the office computers use it as well -
> unfortunately it takes longer than you might imagine to make such network
> changes!
> 
> 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... I
> have played with the logon domain option in the VPN connection box, but this
> doesn't help (it probably shouldn't, anyway). Does anyone know of a way to
> do this? It's probably an annoying windows problem, but it would be very
> useful to sort this problem out once and for all.
> 
> Many thanks for any suggestions
> 
> Patrick
> 
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