Can't browse subnet network, wins setup help

[ls62]

Hi,

I have a local subnet (10.0.1.x) and a remote subnet (10.0.0.x) that we recently connected using a vpn over the internet. Both networks are different domains and each has a win nt machine doing dhcp. I can't browse the pc's at either network from the one side to the other. I think I need to setup wins... am I correct?

Should I setup each side with its own wins server and have them replicate each other?

Any help or guidiance would be appreciated.

Thanks.
LEE

 

[Serbtastic]

Yes, a WINS server on each segment, configured to replicate with each other is the way I would do it.

 

[ls62]

Serbtastic,

Thanks. Any recommendations on push/pull settings? We have a pretty static group of users at each end, only occasional adds/deletes, and we really don't require of syncing.

Also, from my end I can goto network neighborhood, click on entire network, click on the remote network and see all the users. Problem is that when I click on any of the users to open up that persons pc I get a message saying that "\\rayf is not accessable. Computer or sharename could not be found".

These remote pc's are definately shared, I was able to access them before by using the ip address in the address bar of windows explorer. Any idea on this?

Thanks.
Lee

 

[ls62]

One more thing regarding my previous post. If I go into net neighborhood and click on remote network and the users pc it will give me the error, but if I type in "\\10.0.0.230" (or whatever ip address for that user) it will browse to that remote pc... then, what's odd is that if I go back into NN and click on that remote users pc name again it comes up. Seems like once I access it by ip I can browse to it using windows explorer.

Must be something I'm missing, any idea why this is happening?

Lee