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Once inside the VPN, NetBIOS should be allowed - then the internet provider 
does not know it is there, because everything is encapsulated. Could be wrong, 
but that's what I thought I'd heard.

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: rick baird <rick.baird@xxxxxxxxx> 

> Eric. 
> 
> I'm open to anything. I'll have a talk with the network guys about 
> it, but it will have to wait for another day. 
> 
> I was sick all day yesterday, and thought I would tackle a nagging 
> inconvenience. 
> 
> I'm feeling much better today and consequently don't feel nearly as 
> frisky or stupid. ;) 
> 
> thanks again to all who helped, when I get it figured out, i'll post my 
> results. 
> 
> Rick 
> 
> 
> On 1/26/06, DeLong, Eric wrote: 
> > You're trying to access netbios via VPN? As I understand it, most firewalls 
> > will not allow ANY netbios packets to access your network from an external 
> > address. Netbios uses both TCP and UDP, and UDP is not normally routed. I 
> > would think your VPN could be configured to allow this traffic, but I'm not 
> > certain about that... 
> > 
> > Eric DeLong 
> > Sally Beauty Company 
> > MIS-Project Manager (BSG) 
> > 940-297-2863 or ext. 1863 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message----- 
> > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of rick baird 
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 1:21 PM 
> > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion 
> > Subject: Re: LMHOSTS file 
> > 
> > 
> > Charles, 
> > 
> > > AFAIK, nbtstat isn't a "ping" type utility. How are you trying to use 
> > > it? 
> > 
> > NBTSTAT -a as400name 
> > 
> > found it on an ibm infocenter page describing setting up netserver. 
> > it said to try it before ping to check if netserver can be accessed. 
> > i've since lost the page. 
> > 
> > > What happens when you key \\as400name into Windows Explorer? 
> > 
> > network path not found. 
> > 
> > Rick 
> > 
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