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VPN and DNS/NetBIOS/LMHOSTS

Asked by wdunski in Virtual Private Networking (VPN)

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Hello experts,
I have just set up a gateway-to-gateway IPSec VPN connection between two networks.
Network 1: Main Site
 - 192.168.1.x/255.255.255.0
Network 2: Remote site
 - 192.168.2.x/255.255.255.0

The tunnel works fine as I can ping and view the network resources and other node by their internal private IP.
I cannot however access the network computers by their NetBIOS name, which is understandable as NetBIOS names do not get broadcasted over VPNs, right?
On our Main Site (network 1) we have a DC that is also a DNS server to which all the computers on that network log into - the computers on the network do not actually log into the domain but they use that server as their default DNS server.
At the remote site, I set that server as the default server also, thinking that it would check the entries on that server and pick up the names of the other computers on the network. Didn't quite work out. I was able to access the internet, which I think means that the server was able to resolve names, but I still could not access any other computers on the network by their name. I then modified the LMHOSTS file and added names manually and it finally worked. My question is, is that the only way to access remote computers by name? Is there a way to automatically load computer names so that I do not have to add it by hand every time a new computer is added to the network?

Thanks in advance.

PS.
Oh yeah, NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled. Not sure if it does anything as I still cant access anything by its name.Start Free Trial
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