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> We are now experiencing problems wherein users can't access PC's on Maybe you should check that the "scope" of the File & Print Sharing Do not rely on the default "My network (subnet) only" scope. -- Richard Tubb wrote: My guess is that this is not a DNS problem, but a NetBIOS one. DNS lookups
> We've recently rolled out Windows XP SP2 to our remote users and have
> enabled the XP Firewall on all network connections, including the VPN
> connection to the main office.
> the remote domain by name, only by IP address, when connected via
> VPN. Turning off the XP Firewall for the VPN immediately solves this
> problem - so the issue appears to be with DNS lookup through the XP
> Firewall.
are not blocked by Windows Firewall.
Exception in Windows Firewall includes explicitly:
(a) the subnets in use in your office LAN;
(b) the subnet ranges you allocate for VPN connections.
Robin Walker
r...@cam.ac.uk