I have a Windows 2003 RRAS VPN with two clients (both running Windows 7). The VPN works as expected, except that I am unable to access any of the three machines in the network using their Windows names.
The server has a static IP, and the clients are assigned IPs dynamically in a specified address range. However, every time a client disconnects and reconnects it is likely to be assigned a different IP.
I have put the server's IP in my hosts file which permits me to reach the machine in Windows Explorer using \\MachineName
. \\192.168.150.XXX
works to access the other machines, but as noted this changes.
What do I need to do to get \\MachineName
to work dynamically as the IPs change? Is this a WINS issue?