Hi, newbie question - i have set up PPTP VPN connection and i works just fine - i can ping remote network machines, use LAN software, but i can’t access server shares. I have Samba WINS server set up and working (i guess), have DHCP configuration that pushes WINS server address to clients (i can see that in ipconfig /all), but name resolution doesn’t work. Also i can’t access server shares by IP address like this //192.168.1.10/someshare.
So I want to understand - is it WINS issue (i would want to ping machine by its NetBIOS name, which i can’t do now) or is it some closed port problem (doubt, because i can telnet every normal TCP port in LAN). Any ideas? I’m out of clue anymore…
HI,
I had problems with voip server that requires access via netbios. I solved by using the server as my dns server too. This will make your computer to recognize the netbios name. I hope!
good luck!
Problem solved.
When i first installed router, i added virus blocking rules (took from M-tik Wiki).
As i was drilling into problem, it got clear that it is networking problem and for some reason packets do not get through router. Disabled virus rules (some of them really are dropping packets to 137 138 139 ports)
Stupid problem, but it took me a lot of time to figure out.