Recent content by Aaron B

I most definitely would NOT use PPTP. Old and incredibly insecure. If you do decide to use Server 2012's VPN solutions you should enable support for L2TP, SSTP, and/or IKEv2. To me a better solution would be to use a hardware based VPN - i.e. VPN Routers to establish direct VPN links between...

I have a couple of used Dlink DPR-1260 Range Booster/Print servers that I use for this. I bought them used and they were very inexpensive, but work well. There are a few on ebay for a range of prices - some which are very affordable.

Also wanted to add (and as some others have pointed out here): A DNS server on your local LAN would help. Most consumer routers do not support this with factory supplied firmware. OTOH DD-WRT or Tomato, etc can be flashed to some routers and add DNS support. Or you can add a Linux based DNS server.

The issue is because the Computer Browser Service relies on SMB v1, which has been depricated since 2014 (I think). Has been totally removed from Win10 FCU fresh install (again I think but not 100% sure). Anyway, here is a link to a MS article explaining what is happening and why and some...