Re: PIX 501 firewall - DNS problem

In article <1130773557.821617.154020@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
 <wizonline@gmail.com> wrote:
:I am new to PIX so you all have to bear with me.

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:I am having problem with remote office which has few workstations with
:no server. Remote office which uses PIX 501 firewall can't seem to
:resolve computer names. Internet works fine and it also can ping the
:main office computers with the IP address. But I am not able to user
:\\servername\sharename and can't ping computer name. For temporarily
:I made those workstations to use HOST file and it is working but I want
:them to use DNS.

There are a few different possibilities depending upon the location
of the DNS servers and the traffic flows you have defined, and
the configuration of the PCs.

Generally speaking, remote \\servername\sharename problems are best
resolved by installing a WINS server and configuring the clients to
know about it.

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