DominikHoffmann
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I am using the VPN client for Mac OS X to connect to our corporate network. The problem that I have is that after starting the VPN connection (configured for split tunneling) I can ping the WINS server, but can't use it to resolve WINS names:
[localhost:~] admin% ping 10.20.1.10
PING 10.20.1.10 (10.20.1.10): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 10.20.1.10: icmp_seq=0 ttl=127 time=28.909 ms
...
However, this is what happens when I try to query the WINS server:
[localhost:~] admin% smbutil lookup fr2
smbutil: can't get server address `10.20.1.10':
Unknown host
smbutil: can't resolve 10.20.1.10: syserr = Network is down
This is after I supplied the WINS server address in a file ~/.nsmbrc:
[default]
workgroup=XXXXXX
nbns=10.20.1.10
username=Dominik Hoffmann
I found out about how to use the FreeBSD smbutil command from a page at the BSD Devcenter of the O'Reilly Network.
What could be wrong? Would there be a problem with the Mac OS X machine being behind a NAT router connected to a cable modem? Having the cable modem ISP block port 80 shouldn't be a problem, should it?
[localhost:~] admin% ping 10.20.1.10
PING 10.20.1.10 (10.20.1.10): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 10.20.1.10: icmp_seq=0 ttl=127 time=28.909 ms
...
However, this is what happens when I try to query the WINS server:
[localhost:~] admin% smbutil lookup fr2
smbutil: can't get server address `10.20.1.10':
Unknown host
smbutil: can't resolve 10.20.1.10: syserr = Network is down
This is after I supplied the WINS server address in a file ~/.nsmbrc:
[default]
workgroup=XXXXXX
nbns=10.20.1.10
username=Dominik Hoffmann
I found out about how to use the FreeBSD smbutil command from a page at the BSD Devcenter of the O'Reilly Network.
What could be wrong? Would there be a problem with the Mac OS X machine being behind a NAT router connected to a cable modem? Having the cable modem ISP block port 80 shouldn't be a problem, should it?