[pptp-server] Shouldn't I be able to see WIndows servers inNe twork Neighborhood?

[Marty Richards]

>>> But even if netbios is all screwed up and regardless of whether the
>>> WINS servers are responding I still I thought I should be able to
>>> just type in \\192.168.0.2 into the network neighborhood address
>>> and get to the machine without having to rely on WINS resolution.
>>>
>
>>That only works if the client is WinNT or later, and there is a trust
>>relationship between the two domains. I think your main problem is the two
>>domains which do not have a trust relationship between them......
>
>
>This works with my 95 machine.......
>
>Sounds like your firewall has some rules to drop SMB traffic
>before the rules 
>to allow the traffic to/from ppp/lan are read. Check the
>order of the rules in
>the forward chain with iptables -L 
>

It should work providing the target Microsoft computer is actually sharing
something (and of course providing your firewall rules aren't breaking it
entirely). If sharing is disabled or not installed on the target it often
gives Windoze error 53, machine not found.