I have a DD-WRT router that has an OpenVPN server configured on it (in Router mode). Behind the OpenVPN server is a 172.16.0.0/24 network that has some Windows Folder Shares that I want to be able to mount and access. Behind the client is a 192.168.1.0/24 network. I am able to successfully connect to the 172 network through the VPN, but I cannot seem to mount any network shares, even when using IP addresses directly. After doing some research, many FAQs say that you can fix a lot of the Windows discovery problems in Router mode by setting up a WINS server. Therefore, on the 172.16.0.0/24 network I installed Samba on an Ubuntu machine, and configured /etc/samba/smb.conf to reflect... [code] wins support = yes name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast [/code] Then, on my OpenVPN server config I added the WINS server: [code] push "route 172.16.0.0 255.255.255.0" push "dhcp-option WINS 172.16.0.10" server 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0 dev tun0 proto tcp keepalive 10 120 [/code] For all Windows machines behind the 172.16.0.0/24 network, I added 172.16.0.10 as a WINS server (adapter properties -> TCP/IP v4 properties -> Advanced -> WINS). On the client side, I also added the WINS server to the TAP windows adapter. However, despite these changes, I still cannot seem to mount the drive using the Windows computer name (e.g., \\winserver\folder), or using an IP address directly (e.g., \\172.16.0.20\folder). Is there something I am fundamentally missing or misunderstanding? I would greatly appreciate any help.

Trouble mounting Windows Shares with Router Mode and WINS

gnychis

I have a DD-WRT router that has an OpenVPN server configured on it (in Router mode). Behind the OpenVPN server is a 172.16.0.0/24 network that has some Windows Folder Shares that I want to be able to mount and access. Behind the client is a 192.168.1.0/24 network. I am able to successfully connect to the 172 network through the VPN, but I cannot seem to mount any network shares, even when using IP addresses directly.

After doing some research, many FAQs say that you can fix a lot of the Windows discovery problems in Router mode by setting up a WINS server. Therefore, on the 172.16.0.0/24 network I installed Samba on an Ubuntu machine, and configured /etc/samba/smb.conf to reflect...

wins support = yes
name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast

Then, on my OpenVPN server config I added the WINS server:

push "route 172.16.0.0 255.255.255.0"
push "dhcp-option WINS 172.16.0.10"
server 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0
dev tun0
proto tcp
keepalive 10 120
<snip...>

For all Windows machines behind the 172.16.0.0/24 network, I added 172.16.0.10 as a WINS server (adapter properties -> TCP/IP v4 properties -> Advanced -> WINS). On the client side, I also added the WINS server to the TAP windows adapter.

However, despite these changes, I still cannot seem to mount the drive using the Windows computer name (e.g., \\winserver\folder), or using an IP address directly (e.g., \\172.16.0.20\folder). Is there something I am fundamentally missing or misunderstanding? I would greatly appreciate any help.

Traffic

What versions of windows are you using ..... ?

gnychis

Sorry for missing that, Windows 8.1 Pro on both sides.

Note that once I have established the VPN connection, from the client network (192.168.1.0/24) I am able to query the WINS server (in 172.16.0.0/24) and get the proper resolution:

$ nmblookup -U 172.16.0.10 -R winserver
querying winserver on 172.16.0.10
172.16.0.20 winserver<00>

So it seems as though the WINS server is working OK

gnychis

One more piece of information. Although I can use nmblookup to directly contact the WINS server and do the name lookup (on a Linux machine on the client 192.168.1.0/24 network), I cannot use nbtstat on Windows machines on the client network to lookup that name.

I have the WINS server set on the adapter as you can see:

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : TAP-Windows Adapter V9
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-FF-49-49-70-AB
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::6501:de9:f8af:fd04%9(Preferred)
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.8.0.3(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, December 11, 2014 9:29:02 AM
   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, December 11, 2015 9:29:03 AM
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
   DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.8.0.254
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 285278025
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-19-5A-F5-9D-00-1F-D0-80-C4-34
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
                                       fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
                                       fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
   Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 172.16.0.10
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Yet it fails:

George@Q9550 ~
$ nbtstat -a winserver

Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [10.8.0.3] Scope Id: []

    Host not found.

Ethernet 2:
Node IpAddress: [0.0.0.0] Scope Id: []

    Host not found.

Ethernet:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.1.50] Scope Id: []

    Host not found.

Bluetooth Network Connection 2:
Node IpAddress: [0.0.0.0] Scope Id: []

    Host not found.

George@Q9550 ~
$ nbtstat -A 172.16.0.20

Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [10.8.0.3] Scope Id: []

    Host not found.

Ethernet 2:
Node IpAddress: [0.0.0.0] Scope Id: []

    Host not found.

Ethernet:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.1.50] Scope Id: []

    Host not found.

Bluetooth Network Connection 2:
Node IpAddress: [0.0.0.0] Scope Id: []

    Host not found.

Same thing if I configure the WINS server on the default Ethernet adapter, not just the TAP.