vpn connects but can't see workgroup

[John Kim]

I'm sorry if this is an FAQ but I can't find the answer in the
archives.

We are a small lab in a college that has several Win2K pc's. Each pc
gets its IP from the college's DHCP server except for one, which is a
Win2K server with a static IP. All the pc's share a few folders
through Windows Workgroup.

I just set up the Win2K server machine to run as vpn server. It has a
2nd network card, which I set up as DHCP. In the "RAS and Routing
Setup Wizard" I designated vpn to map to that.

The vpn connection works: I can connect using vpn from home onto the
static address. I can see the shared folders on the server, but I
can't see any of the other pc's in the workgroup. What must I do to be
able to see the shared folders in the other pc's?

Thanks,

-jk

 

[Bill Grant]

If you want to access them by name, you will probably need to add hosts or
lmhosts files to the remote clients. VPN clients cannot use LAN broadcasts
to resolve names to IP addresses. LAN clients do.