hello newbie question !

[Guus Sliepen]

On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 12:58:46PM +0800, Francisco Teng Jr. wrote:

> Regarding windows bridging, I was hoping to not depend on Windows XP
> for bridging.  I also dont see any way of performing bridging under
> Windows.
> 
> I currently have a software running under win2k that does not work
> under Windows XP.   It uses Netbios broadcasts, etc. so I have to
> depend on the hub mode of tinc.
> 
> I'll try your suggestion of using the same address on the NIC and the
> VPN adapter.   Maybe it will work.

If you can't bridge the VPN adapter to the LAN adapter, then only the
servers running tinc will be able to see each other's Netbios
broadcasts.

> But putting you on the spot ... in your expert technical opinion, is
> it possible to do what I am planning on two win2k  machines ?

I am not an expert regarding Windows, so I have to say I wouldn't know.
It is probably best to ask a Windows admin who knows a lot about its
networking features.

-- 
Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
    Guus Sliepen <guus at sliepen.eu.org>
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