Hi,

The PDC is behind a different firewall. We need to separate a few
servers by a 2nd firewall and they must be NATed. So we cannot use
bridged mode.

Any suggestions on how to broadcast NetBios from LAN to WAN?

Thanks,
Arsen


On 6/27/05, • • <googl3meister at gmail dot com> wrote:
> On 6/28/05, av2000 at gmail dot com <av2000 at gmail dot com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I use the m0n0 wall to physically separate a few servers from the
> > rest. All servers are in one domain.
> >
> > I use 1:1 NAT and proxy arp to talk to the "separated servers" (on the
> > LAN port of m0n0 wall) from the other servers.
> >
> > After moving the servers behind the m0n0 wall, they stop being able to
> > communicate with the NT Domain controllers (which are on the WAN
> > port).
> >
> > NT Domain Controller <-> WAN of m0n0 <-> LAN of m0n0
> >
> > To test the problem, we allowed all traffic from WAN to LAN.
> >
> > It looks like the NetBIOS broadcast packets are not getting through
> > from LAN to WAN. So browsing by name is not working either.
> >
> > How to enable NetBIOIS broadcasts with 1:1 NAT and how to fix the
> > domain communication?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Arsen
> >
> 
> More info please - it sounds like you want the local LAN NetBios
> broadcast packets to be NAT'd out the WAN interface?  I'd suggest a
> bridge in this scenario, but it looks as though you've put an NT DC
> directly connected to the net, which I'm certain is not the case, is
> it?
> 
> --g'luck
> gm
>