WINS problem Help!!!

We have a hardware vpn set up between two offices. The main office consists
of Windows 2003 server and XP clients. The branch office does not have a
server, only workstations. The vpn router is wireless and has two separate
ip addresses. 192.168.x.x as the gateway for the wired, 172.x.x.x for the
wireless. The main office is all set with the wireless laptops and the
wired desktops. I set up the server as a WINS server, and was able to add
the ip of the WINS server in the IP properties of the wireless laptop. The
laptop can connect to the wired network and use resources. But, at the
branch office, there is no WINS server, and the wireless laptop cannot
connect to the workgroup, and is unable to print.

What if anything can be done to solve this problem?

Thanks for your help in advance!

Candace Sparks

Can the VPN client ping the WINS server by IP?

--
Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com


"Candace Sparks" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> We have a hardware vpn set up between two offices. The main office
> consists of Windows 2003 server and XP clients. The branch office does
> not have a server, only workstations. The vpn router is wireless and has
> two separate ip addresses. 192.168.x.x as the gateway for the wired,
> 172.x.x.x for the wireless. The main office is all set with the wireless
> laptops and the wired desktops. I set up the server as a WINS server, and
> was able to add the ip of the WINS server in the IP properties of the
> wireless laptop. The laptop can connect to the wired network and use
> resources. But, at the branch office, there is no WINS server, and the
> wireless laptop cannot connect to the workgroup, and is unable to print.
>
> What if anything can be done to solve this problem?
>
> Thanks for your help in advance!
>
> Candace Sparks
>

"Candace Sparks" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed). ..
>The branch office does not have a server, only workstations. The vpn
>router is wireless and has two separate ip addresses. 192.168.x.x as the
>gateway for the wired, 172.x.x.x for the wireless.

That makes no sense. The device should have a single address on the LAN and
a single address on the Internet. The VPN Device should sit on the edge of
the Network just like a Firewall. The "wired" -vs- "wireless" is totally
irrelevant,...they are only two different types of "medium",..they are not
two different networks.

A VPN Router is really just a Firewall or Router that also has VPN
capability. Whether it is a Firewall or Router is determined by whether or
not is does "NAT" at the same time.

--
Phillip Windell
www.wandtv.com

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
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The firewall is Sonicwall, and for security reasons, they have the wired and
wireless in their router set up with two separate IP addresses. 172 for
wireless and 192 for wired. The Main office has a Server with WINS
installed, so the wireless laptops are able to connect to the wired network,
but at the branch office, there is no Server, and wireless laptops are
unable to connect to the wired computers.

"Phillip Windell" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Candace Sparks" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed). ..
>>The branch office does not have a server, only workstations. The vpn
>>router is wireless and has two separate ip addresses. 192.168.x.x as the
>>gateway for the wired, 172.x.x.x for the wireless.
>
> That makes no sense. The device should have a single address on the LAN
> and a single address on the Internet. The VPN Device should sit on the
> edge of the Network just like a Firewall. The "wired" -vs- "wireless" is
> totally irrelevant,...they are only two different types of "medium",..they
> are not two different networks.
>
> A VPN Router is really just a Firewall or Router that also has VPN
> capability. Whether it is a Firewall or Router is determined by whether
> or not is does "NAT" at the same time.
>
> --
> Phillip Windell
> www.wandtv.com
>
> The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or
> Microsoft,
> or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
>

The branch office cannot ping the WINS server at the main office. Sonicwall
was able to get the wireless laptops to connect through the tunnel, so they
can access the software through terminal services, but the wireless laptops
are unable to connect to the computers on the network, because of the IP
addresses


"Robert L. (MS-MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Can the VPN client ping the WINS server by IP?
>
> --
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
> http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
> http://www.HowToNetworking.com
>
>
> "Candace Sparks" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed). ..
>> We have a hardware vpn set up between two offices. The main office
>> consists of Windows 2003 server and XP clients. The branch office does
>> not have a server, only workstations. The vpn router is wireless and has
>> two separate ip addresses. 192.168.x.x as the gateway for the wired,
>> 172.x.x.x for the wireless. The main office is all set with the wireless
>> laptops and the wired desktops. I set up the server as a WINS server,
>> and was able to add the ip of the WINS server in the IP properties of the
>> wireless laptop. The laptop can connect to the wired network and use
>> resources. But, at the branch office, there is no WINS server, and the
>> wireless laptop cannot connect to the workgroup, and is unable to print.
>>
>> What if anything can be done to solve this problem?
>>
>> Thanks for your help in advance!
>>
>> Candace Sparks
>>
>