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<P><FONT SIZE=2>NetBIOS is not the only thing it disables. It also resets the DNS servers to "acquire automatically". I've posted this as a bug on the developer list already. At the very least, it's an oversight. In my case I have a very specific DNS configuration that I want my mobile users to have. But when they connect to the VPN it gets replaced with whatever the default local wireless settings are. The workaround that I had to do was to write a batch file using a series of netsh commands to put it back the way I want it. The same will probably work in your case. The downside is that the user must remember to run the batch file after they connect.<BR>
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Sent: Mon Nov 19 22:59:12 2012<BR>
Subject: Re: [vpn-help] Shrew disables NetBIOS on NIC when VPN connects<BR>
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On 09/30/2012 12:34 PM, Brandon Docke wrote:<BR>
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> I was troubleshooting a problem where the 2 users randomly lost the ability<BR>
> to browse the Network via GUI in Explorer, in Windows 7 64bit. So far I have<BR>
> found that whenever I connect the VPN it disables NetBIOS over TCP/IP on the<BR>
> network card. Without NetBIOS enabled the Windows 7 64bit PC, the user<BR>
> cannot browse the Network through Windows Explorer.<BR>
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> It does not look like any services are disabled/stopped when this happens.<BR>
> Only the actual setting under WINS when you check the NIC settings.<BR>
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> What causes ShrewSoft to disable the NetBIOS over TCP/IP on the network<BR>
> card?<BR>
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Hi Brandon,<BR>
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Did you by any chance disable WINS in the VPN Site Configuration? Does<BR>
that maybe push a NetBIOS disable back down to the network adapter used<BR>
to carry the tunnel traffic?<BR>
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