View Remote Computers in Network Neighborhood

24 Sep 2006 10:53 PM

daholder

I have two simple peer-to-peer networks, one at home and one at work. The
computers in the home network and the computers in the work network use the
same workgroup name. All computers run Windows XP Pro. Each network uses a
Netgear FVS318 VPN router/firewall. I have established a VPN tunnel between
the networks. What do I need to do to be able to see all computers on both
networks when viewing my network neighborhood?

25 Sep 2006 1:29 PM

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]

In news:BE9B2C39-4D76-4C13-B9A7-AB7EED945403@microsoft.com,

daholder <dahol***@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:

> I have two simple peer-to-peer networks, one at home and one at work.
> The computers in the home network and the computers in the work
> network use the same workgroup name. All computers run Windows XP
> Pro. Each network uses a Netgear FVS318 VPN router/firewall. I have
> established a VPN tunnel between the networks. What do I need to do
> to be able to see all computers on both networks when viewing my
> network neighborhood?

I'm presuming you can at least If you don't have a WINS server in each
location, this is not going to be very easy. The NetBIOS broadcasts are not
routable, so they won't work outside of each location's subnet- only on each
side's network. LMHOSTS files may help, but ultimately, if this were a
serious need, two WINS servers would be the way to go.

You might check out http://www.tek-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=2520 and
http://www.comptechdoc.org/os/windows/ntwsguide/ntwsnfinding.html

Also remember that you do not need to see a computer in the browse list just
in order to access it.