[vpn-help] Shrew disables NetBIOS on NIC when VPN connects

[Kevin VPN]

On 09/30/2012 12:34 PM, Brandon Docke wrote:
>
> I was troubleshooting a problem where the 2 users randomly lost the ability
> to browse the Network via GUI in Explorer, in Windows 7 64bit. So far I have
> found that whenever I connect the VPN it disables NetBIOS over TCP/IP on the
> network card. Without NetBIOS enabled the Windows 7 64bit PC, the user
> cannot browse the Network through Windows Explorer.
>
> It does not look like any services are disabled/stopped when this happens.
> Only the actual setting under WINS when you check the NIC settings.
>
> What causes ShrewSoft to disable the NetBIOS over TCP/IP on the network
> card?
>

Hi Brandon,

Did you by any chance disable WINS in the VPN Site Configuration?  Does 
that maybe push a NetBIOS disable back down to the network adapter used 
to carry the tunnel traffic?