Help browsing between two domains over VPN

[Jouan Amate]

Hello everybody

I got a little problem browsing 2 Active Directory domains hosted on 2
Windows 2000 server boxes on different locations.


Here are the details :

- I got a VPN connection between 2 sites. On this point, no problem, I
ping any computer on the other side.

- I got a DNS forwarding between the 2 DNS servers managed by Active
Directory. Name resolution works on both sites and I can ping any
machine by name.domain.com.

- I got a two-way trust between the servers. I know it works because I
can access network shares without having to enter a valid user account
in the domain of any computer of the foreign domain I wish to access.

- I got a WINS partnership between the 2 servers but I not sure it's
working since even when I click "Replicate Now" I have no entries in the
system log and I can only see one domain while browsing the network
neighborhood...


My problem is I wish to able to browse both domains via the network browser.


Any ideas what's wrong?


Thanks in advance.


Jouan Amate

 

[Richard G. Harper]

Network browsing will REQUIRE that the WINS servers replicate between each
other, no way around it. DNS won't help with browsing the network. Have
you checked the event viewers on each of the WINS servers to see why they
aren't replicating?

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[Jouan Amate]

Richard G. Harper a écrit :

Network browsing will REQUIRE that the WINS servers replicate between each
other, no way around it. DNS won't help with browsing the network. Have
you checked the event viewers on each of the WINS servers to see why they
aren't replicating?

Well, at the time I posted the first message, there were no entries
concerning WINS in the system log. As I said, I felt it was strange
because I was forcing replication.
Today, I check the event logs on both sides and I got this error :

The connection was aborted by the remote WINS. Remote WINS may not be
configured to replicate with the server.

I got the error on both servers so I'm pretty sure they ARE configured
to replicate on each other.

Any clues?

 

[Jouan Amate]

Sorry to insist but nobody has an idea to fix my problem?


Jouan Amate a écrit :

 

[Richard G. Harper]

Not unless you've gotten the WINS servers talking to each other. Have you
tried deleting and re-creating the partnership between them?

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[Jouan Amate]

I did before yeah, but it doesn't seems to do any better...


Richard G. Harper a écrit :

 

[Richard G. Harper]

Well, that's going to be that then. Unless you get WINS replicating between
the sites, browsing isn't going to work. You need to discover why WINS
isn't replicating, fix that problem, then the rest will fall into place.

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