Skip to main content
Contributor III
November 19, 2007
Question

join windows domain over vpn ipsec tunnel

  • November 19, 2007
  • 5 replies
  • 7178 views
Greetings, I have an ipsec interface mode vpn tunnel between a fortinet 60' s and 1000a. Everything works great except one thing. A pc at a remote site cannot join a windows domain. Once the pc is joined everything else works, including domain login and share access. I tried turning off all protection profiles on both ends and that did not work. Services on both ends are set to " ALL" Also, this is a non active directory domain and remote pc' s use an lmhosts file. This worked great when we were on frame/relay. But since the change to internet/vpn this has been an issue. So if I join a pc over the tunnel, no luck. Move the same pc to local net and it works. I' ve been fighting this one for a while so any help would be very much appreciated!!! Thanks!

    5 replies

    rwpatterson
    New Member
    November 19, 2007
    Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP in the advanced section of TCP/IP. Also don' t use NetBEUI. It isn' t routable. If you' ve done that already, then I have no idea.
    Contributor III
    November 19, 2007
    Thanks, I thought we might have something there but I just tried with with netbios over tcp and still no.
    rwpatterson
    New Member
    November 20, 2007
    You need to do that on both the server and the work stations. If you still have NT4 servers there may be a bit more involved.
    Contributor III
    November 20, 2007
    Thanks, I will give this a try!
    FortiRack_Eric
    New Member
    November 21, 2007
    You don' t need to enable NetBios. The only thing is that you need to point your DNS server to the DNS server of the network you want to join. Cheers, Eric
    Thought Leadership Security Summit. Outpace New Threats with AI - enhanced defense. Tuesday, Septmeber 15, 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM PT. The Golf Club at Newcastle, WA.
    Virtual event | September 2026. SASE summit. The age of autonomous trust. Register here!