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Robert_Cerny
Robert_Cerny
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July 18, 2012
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Captive portal - WINS server

  • July 18, 2012
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Hi folks, any idea how to set up WINS server in case of captive portal? I did set up Captive portal VPN in our offices and it' s huge improvement in case of speed, however our users are confused from the need of using IP addresses to connect to internal servers... Thanks Robert

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    JSN
    JSN
    New Member
    July 18, 2012
    Are you trying to use win server 2008 r2 to build your WINS server? Wins server are supported in windows 2008 but " Global Names" in DNS are the prefered " Single Label" resolution method.
    Robert_Cerny
    Robert_CernyAuthor
    New Member
    July 23, 2012
    Hmm, sorry it looks like I was specific enough, you didn' t get it. I have Win2008k server on my office network and I use FortiAP 220B to connect to it via Captive portal. The problem is that there is not a way how to set WINS server in this case and my users are forced to use IP addresses to connect to internal server
    JSN
    JSN
    New Member
    July 23, 2012
    My mistake, sorry about that. how about DHCP offer? configure DHCP server to mention your office WINS server IP address. From Fortigate GUI, System -> Network -> DHCP server -> advanced -> WINS Server
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