Hey Guys, Im also using openvpn. I would also recommend routed IP rather then ethernet bridging for WAN use. As far as routed subnets go, I was wondering, is it possible to drop WINS and use DNS for name resolution and Would that be a prefered option?
Cheers, Rhys On 9/7/05, Thomas M. Skeren III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mike McMullen wrote: > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba Over A Wan > > > > > >> I'm currently using OpenVPN to allow access to Samba over WAN. Works > >> pretty good but my experience has been that browsing shares and > >> directory structures over the WAN can be somewhat frustrating to > >> users. I believe this is b/c windows file sharing is a pretty heavy > >> protocal and our WAN connection is only 768bps up and down. You'll > >> also want to be using WINS for name resolution unless you're bridging > >> your OpenVPN subnet with your local subnet which I would avoid doing > >> if possible. > >> > >> David > >> > > > > Hi David! Thank you for your feedback. Our connection is a T1. The > people > > would be accessing a folder that has 3 folders in it with < 200 files > > in each folder. > > > > The connection would be their box to our box only. Would I still need > > WINS > > in this scenario? > > Well you could map the drive by IP addy instead. I have 10 offices > connected by IPSEC encapsulated VLan. Users access the resources on the > various drives on various servers over the vlan. Sure it can be a bit > sluggish, but it's not horrible. > > > I'm not up on Windows requirements. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mike > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
