VPN question

[Chuck]

Here's my setup. I have a laptop (XP Pro) and a desktop PC (XP Home). At
home I have a wireless router with built in DHCP. When using the laptop
at home I can access the desktop by it's name which is what I want.

When I take the laptop to work I connect to the home PC using OpenVPN
(Windows' built-in VPN couldn't be configured to change the port# so I
had to use something else). It assigns a private LAN IP of 10.8.0.1 for
the Home PC but I can only access it using the IP. What do I need to set
up to be able to access the home PC buy it's name over the VPN?

TIA.

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

this is name resolution issue. In your case, you may want to create lmhosts. check this page for more details.

name resulotion on vpn
Name resolution is big issue in VPN access. If your VPN server doesn't setup correctly ... To assign the DNS and WINS to a VPN client for name resolution, ...
www.chicagotech.net/nameresolutionpnvpn.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
Here's my setup. I have a laptop (XP Pro) and a desktop PC (XP Home). At
home I have a wireless router with built in DHCP. When using the laptop
at home I can access the desktop by it's name which is what I want.

When I take the laptop to work I connect to the home PC using OpenVPN
(Windows' built-in VPN couldn't be configured to change the port# so I
had to use something else). It assigns a private LAN IP of 10.8.0.1 for
the Home PC but I can only access it using the IP. What do I need to set
up to be able to access the home PC buy it's name over the VPN?

TIA.