Accessing Shared Resources

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I have a business workgroup network that includes three
computers (two are running Windows XP Pro and one is
running Windows 2000 Pro).
I have setup a WIN2K system as a RAS server and can
successfully dial into it from a remote client that is
also running Windows XP Pro. After I dial into the RAS
server and am authenticated, I can display directories of
shared resources such as files and folders but cannot
view the contents of these shared resources. The user
name and password I am using has local administrative
privileges but does not allow me to access shared
resource via a RAS client.
Any help will be greatly appreciated

Jim
 
Additional information regarding previous post:
When I attempt to access resources on the RAS server, I
receive following error message:
"Access Denied"
When I attempt to access resources on other computers
within the workgroup, I receive the following error
message:
"Network path not found"
Jim
 
A RAS connection is a simple IP connection. It does not give you all the
things which you get on a LAN. In particular it does not carry LAN
broadcasts, so you do not automatically get name resolution or browsing. You
will need either WINS or DNS on the LAN to get name resolution from the
remote (or use HOSTS or LMHOSTS files on the remote to resolve names to IP
addresses).

If name resolution is working, you can see shares using net view
\\machinename and then map them using net use \\machinename\filename .
 
Thanks for your excellent response. I will see if I can
add WINS support the WIN2K PRO computer. If not, I will
add HOST or LMHOST files on the remote client and see if
this resolves the problem.
Jim
 
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