VPN question

[Zucarita9000]

So I've set up remote access (VPN) on our Windows 2003 server in our office and forwarded the ports in the router to it.

Then, I set up a VPN connection on my computer at home. The connection works just fine, I can connect to our server without problems. It gives me an IP address and I can see myself logged on in the Routing and Remote Access console in the server. My question is: What now??? How can I access the files on our server, browse shares and so on?? Am I doing something wrong here?

 

[Cooky]

Not sure what you're asking...after you establish a VPN connection, you'll be able to access shared files like you're in the office.
You may need to run some scripts to get the shared drives re-mapped.

 

[Zucarita9000]

Well yeah, that's what I thought too. I thought that after establishing the VPN connection, I would be able to browse "My network places" and share files as if I were in the office, but that's not the case. I open up My Network Places and I can't access the shares. Manually typing the addresses (i.e. \\myserver\sharename) does not work either.

 

[RebateMonger]

Check if it's a name resolution problem:

\\"IP Address of server"\Sharename

instead of using the server's name.

Also, try pinging the Server from the client PC. Try it with both the Server's Name and with the Server's IP address.

I also suggest running "IPConfig /all" on the client PC (while the VPN client is connected) and displaying the results here.

Finally, try connecting to the VPN from INSIDE your own network. Use the local IP address of the Server. Report the results here.


Do you have DHCP, DNS and WINS enabled on the Windows 2003 Server?