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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Also, by the way NetBIOS is only used on workgroup networks. Active Directory networks rely almost entirely on DNS for name resolution so your problems will only get worse if you decide to move up to AD.<BR>
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----- Original Message -----<BR>
From: David A. Esquivel<BR>
To: 'kvpn@live.com' <kvpn@live.com>; 'vpn-help@lists.shrew.net' <vpn-help@lists.shrew.net><BR>
Sent: Mon Nov 19 23:11:07 2012<BR>
Subject: Re: [vpn-help] Shrew disables NetBIOS on NIC when VPN connects<BR>
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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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