From: drake@nola.net   
      
   "JG"  wrote in message news:emcnki01i34@news1.newsguy.com...   
   > What is all this stuff about VPN.   
   > We've bought a router and client software all by   
   > Netgear. It handles our 12 node peer to peer LAN   
   > great and I can even get it to "connect" and ping from   
   > home with the client software, but it shows "nothing" in   
   > the explorer. No C drive no folders no nothing. I checked   
   > and all of our nodes at work have at least 5 folders that are   
   > shared, but nothing shows. I've asked Netgear but they   
   > don't know why we are having this problem.   
   >  Is VPN still a long way from being a reality in   
   > most cases?   
   >   
   Assuming your hosts are running MS Windows, the problem is   
   that Windows uses netbios, a non-routable protocol, for p2p   
   resource sharing. Netgear support should be able to tell you   
   how to route netbios over tcp/ip through their equipment.   
      
      
      
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