discussion of supporting private network connections over public telecommunications infrastructure

headers Andrew J Gostanian Jr. | 1 Nov 2003 13:00

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Hi all,

I am trying to install freeswan 2.03 on a Red Hat server and it seems to be
more complicated than I expected! I am a network guy - I have never
installed freeswan - and I don't know much about Linux and "rebuilding
kernel", etc...
Does anyone know where I can find ressources that describe step by step the
installation of freeswan?

Thanks in advance!

Yann 

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anyone have decent documentation (or willing to write such a thing for the
VPN web site) on the ever-present and annoying question of getting windows
systems to be able to browse networks of windows file servers/network
drives over a VPN?

i haven't had to do it in ages and am hopeful that someone's got good
references....

thanks in advance -- tbird

A working WINS infrastructure with proper WINS replication makes it work
for us. Is this a site-to-site issue, or a client-to-gateway issue?

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> From: vpn-bounces+rmalayter=bai.org <at> lists.shmoo.com 
> [mailto:vpn-bounces+rmalayter=bai.org <at> lists.shmoo.com] On 
> Behalf Of Tina Bird
> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 2:59 PM
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> Subject: [VPN] windows network browsing through VPN
> 
> anyone have decent documentation (or willing to write such a 
> thing for the
> VPN web site) on the ever-present and annoying question of 
> getting windows
> systems to be able to browse networks of windows file servers/network
> drives over a VPN?
> 
> i haven't had to do it in ages and am hopeful that someone's got good
> references....
> 
> thanks in advance -- tbird
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On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Ryan Malayter wrote:

> A working WINS infrastructure with proper WINS replication makes it work
> for us. Is this a site-to-site issue, or a client-to-gateway issue?

remote access, so client-to-gateway.  i've got no idea whether the
internal network is running WINS or not -- i'm providing advice in a
"friend of a friend" capacity.  i've suggested adding the domain
controller to the local LMHOSTS on the assumption that it's the master
browser for file servers in the domain, but that's a long ago memory and
i've no real idea....

I've tried that but it doesn't work. Neither does a HOSTS entry.

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From: Tina Bird [mailto:tbird <at> precision-guesswork.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 2:39 PM
To: Ryan Malayter
Cc: vpn <at> lists.shmoo.com
Subject: RE: [VPN] windows network browsing through VPN

On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Ryan Malayter wrote:

> A working WINS infrastructure with proper WINS replication makes it
work
> for us. Is this a site-to-site issue, or a client-to-gateway issue?

remote access, so client-to-gateway.  i've got no idea whether the
internal network is running WINS or not -- i'm providing advice in a
"friend of a friend" capacity.  i've suggested adding the domain
controller to the local LMHOSTS on the assumption that it's the master
browser for file servers in the domain, but that's a long ago memory and
i've no real idea....

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This has worked for me in a Windows VPN environment:

Make sure that you do have a windows server running WINS

Make sure that the VPN connection has the WINS server IP address and DNS
server entries in its properties.

That's it!

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From: Quinn Mitchell [mailto:qmitchell <at> macromed.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 1:45 PM
To: Tina Bird
Cc: vpn <at> lists.shmoo.com
Subject: RE: [VPN] windows network browsing through VPN

I've tried that but it doesn't work. Neither does a HOSTS entry.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tina Bird [mailto:tbird <at> precision-guesswork.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 2:39 PM
To: Ryan Malayter
Cc: vpn <at> lists.shmoo.com
Subject: RE: [VPN] windows network browsing through VPN

On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Ryan Malayter wrote:

> A working WINS infrastructure with proper WINS replication makes it
work
> for us. Is this a site-to-site issue, or a client-to-gateway issue?

remote access, so client-to-gateway.  i've got no idea whether the
internal network is running WINS or not -- i'm providing advice in a
"friend of a friend" capacity.  i've suggested adding the domain
controller to the local LMHOSTS on the assumption that it's the master
browser for file servers in the domain, but that's a long ago memory and
i've no real idea....

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: vpn-bounces+jrdepriest=ftb.com <at> lists.shmoo.com 
> [mailto:vpn-bounces+jrdepriest=ftb.com <at> lists.shmoo.com] On 
> Behalf Of Tina Bird
> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 3:39 PM
> To: Ryan Malayter
> Cc: vpn <at> lists.shmoo.com
> Subject: RE: [VPN] windows network browsing through VPN
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Ryan Malayter wrote:
> 
> > A working WINS infrastructure with proper WINS replication 
> makes it work
> > for us. Is this a site-to-site issue, or a client-to-gateway issue?
> 
> remote access, so client-to-gateway.  i've got no idea whether the
> internal network is running WINS or not -- i'm providing advice in a
> "friend of a friend" capacity.  i've suggested adding the domain
> controller to the local LMHOSTS on the assumption that it's the master
> browser for file servers in the domain, but that's a long ago 
> memory and
> i've no real idea....
> 

I have 15 articles I archived from the Windows 2000 Magazine website a
year or so ago while researching the same sort of name resolution issues
(which is what it boils down to).
I'd be happy to zip them up and ship them to you if you think they might
help someone.
I don't have the original URLs, but they are named thus:
A DNS Primer,
Advanced WINS Features,
Domain Name Resolution with DNS,
How DNS Works,
Implementing WINS,
Inside a NetBIOS Name Resolution,
More LMHOSTS Tips,
Name Resolvers WINS vs DNS,
Navigating Name Resolution, Part 1,
Navigating Name Resolution, Part 2,
Need a Name-Resolution Solution,
NetBIOS Names and WINS,
Pick Users' Domain Controller, and
The Case of the Empty Network Neighborhood.

-Jason

Hi,

I have set up a Windows 2000 Server as a VPN Server
sitting behind a Netscreen 25. It's been working
fine...for a while. Currently, users keep complaining
that their connections get dropped frequently
eventhough they have no problem relogging back in.

But the annoying things for them is that it drops
almost every other hour.

Here's my topology just to give you a little idea:

Internet-->Cisco Router--->Netscreen25-->Dell
Switch--->VPN Server (on Windows 2000 Server).

In NetScreen Policy: I am using the following config:
Source Address: ANY
Destin.Address: MIP IP
Service: PPTP
Action: Permit

Again, it's been working but just lately a lot of
drops.

Thanks for any help or pointers at all.

Peace,

Exo

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