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Linksys RV082, VPN tunel is connected but can not find any computers

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talk2bomar

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I have 2 RV082 Linksys routers with static ip in both locations,the VPN tunnel is connected and i have netbios broadcast enabled, the problem is that since i upgraded the firmware to 1.1.4 i can only find the computers by ip address, the dns name lookup in diagnostic of the router can't resolve name to ip.

Has anyone else experianced this problem,
Linksys sais it is my computers and not the routers.

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Everything I have seen, heard, read about the Netbios broadcast has labeled it as shaky at best. Depending on how many computers you have at each location and how often they change, a custom Hosts file on each PC may be to your advantage.
 
Talk,

The DNS diagnostic will only resolve external names (ie. Internet) not VPN names. I'm guessing there are no WINS or DNS servers running oneither sides of the tunnel, so you may want to try Hudr's suggestion.

Good luck and post back.
 
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