the internet using openvpn. I've been told that samba (through no fault of
its own) doesn't work very well through a VPN.
Rubbish. I have a ~dozen users using it via a VPN, it works just the same as if
they were local (albiet more slowly, for obvious reasons).
I want the workstations in
Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
The thing to use is a DHCP server that also provides clients with the IP
address of the PDC through the netbios-name-servers option in the ISC
DHCP server.
Yep, whether this is DHCP or not depends on your VPN technology of choise,
but
you need to get that information
-Original Message-
From: tom burkart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
The thing to use is a DHCP server that also provides clients
with the IP
address of the PDC through the netbios-name-servers option in the ISC
DHCP server.
Actually, the address you want to give them is the address
I already have an existing network that is managed by a samba PDC. In the next
few days, I will be linking another small LAN to the existing one over the
internet using openvpn. I've been told that samba (through no fault of its own)
doesn't work very well through a VPN.
For the new network,
On Dec 1, Andrew Gaffney wrote:
the internet using openvpn. I've been told that samba (through no fault of
its own) doesn't work very well through a VPN.
Seems to do a reasonable job here.
I want the workstations in the new network to be able to logon to the domain
and access the file shares
I am running a similiar setup. I have a main office running a T1 with a
linux firewall and a samba pdc/dhcp server behind it. On my satelite
office Im running a dsl connection with a dlink router with a samba
pdc/firewall/dhcp server behind it. (I never trust those little dsl
routers). I am
Shawn Henderson wrote:
I am running a similiar setup. I have a main office running a T1 with a
linux firewall and a samba pdc/dhcp server behind it. On my satelite
office Im running a dsl connection with a dlink router with a samba
pdc/firewall/dhcp server behind it. (I never trust those little
