[VPN] NetBIOS over site-to-site PIX VPN

Chris Carlson carlsonmail at yahoo.com
Wed Sep 4 12:36:29 EDT 2002


Hi Yuval,

Do you mean for WINS servers or for VPN devices that
have NetBIOS broadcast helper settings?

Chris
--
--- Yuval Ararat <yararat at go-documenta.com> wrote:
> Chris can you specify an existing component that
> does this trick in the
> arena of the small businesses?
> 
> Yuval Ararat
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vpn-admin at lists.shmoo.com
> [mailto:vpn-admin at lists.shmoo.com] On
> Behalf Of Chris Carlson
> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 5:48 PM
> To: Siddhartha Jain; vpn at lists.shmoo.com
> Subject: Re: [VPN] NetBIOS over site-to-site PIX VPN
> 
> Hi Siddhartha,
> 
> You again!  You must be busy!  :-)
> 
> Watch our for NetBIOS and WANs or VPNs.
> 
> Depending on your client machine setup, it can be
> set
> for broadcast, directed node, or a hybrid.  And you
> need to configure "NetBIOS over TCP/IP", too.
> 
> In most cases, VPN devices can't forward broadcast
> packets through a VPN tunnel.  Some devices might
> include NetBIOS helper apps (like routers support
> DHCP
> relay), but not sure about the PIX.
> 
> With any WAN or VPN deployment and NetBIOS, it's
> recommended that you deploy WINS servers, the MS
> equivalent of DNS but for Windows workstations and
> servers.
> 
> If you use WINS servers and set your workstations to
> be directed or hybrid nodes with an entry for their
> WINS servers, they'll send NetBIOS requests to the
> WINS servers directly without doing broadcasts,
> allowing them to communicate through the VPN.
> 
> Also, you'll have to make sure that your WINS
> servers
> and NT domains are set up properly to allow for
> inter-domain trust and communication.
> 
> There is a lot of good information on Microsoft's
> support web page.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> Chris
> --
> 
> --- Siddhartha Jain <losttoy2000 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > I have two networks, 10.10.1.0/24 and
> 10.10.2.0/24.
> > Each at a
> > different location. I connect the two using
> > PIX-to-PIX
> > IPSec VPN. Lets
> > say 10.10.1.0 network is designated as DOMAIN-BOM
> > and
> > the other
> > 10.10.2.0 is DOMAIN-US.
> > 
> > What do I have to configure on the PIX or in the
> > network to let users
> > in each domain see the other domain as if they
> were
> > on
> > the same
> > location?
> > 
> > Is enabling "NetBIOS over TCP/IP" enough to
> achieve
> > this?
> > 
> > TIA,
> > 
> > Siddhartha
> > 
> >
> 
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