map unc path

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I'm making a VPN connection to my office. I can map network drives via the IP
address i.e 192.168.0.1/drive but want to be able to use the UNC path i.e
contoso1/drive.

I have set this up previously on another client machine. I think there is a
file somewhere that I need to edit to add the server IP address and UNC path
so that it can be mapped while using VPN. Can anyone point me in the right
direction?

Thanks.
 
MBurns said:
I'm making a VPN connection to my office. I can map network drives
via the IP address i.e 192.168.0.1/drive but want to be able to use
the UNC path i.e contoso1/drive.

I have set this up previously on another client machine. I think
there is a file somewhere that I need to edit to add the server IP
address and UNC path so that it can be mapped while using VPN. Can
anyone point me in the right direction?
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DNS.
 
No, I don't think this is a DNS issue. Internal clients to the network can
map drives using the UNC path ok, it's only when I am connected via VPN.
Previously I edited a file (I think in the System32 directory) so that the
server IP was registerd with the UNC name so that I could map drives with it.
 
Probably;
%systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc\lmhosts

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| No, I don't think this is a DNS issue. Internal clients to the network
can
| map drives using the UNC path ok, it's only when I am connected via VPN.
| Previously I edited a file (I think in the System32 directory) so that the
| server IP was registerd with the UNC name so that I could map drives with
it.
|
|
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| "Shenan Stanley" wrote:
|
| > MBurns wrote:
| > > I'm making a VPN connection to my office. I can map network drives
| > > via the IP address i.e 192.168.0.1/drive but want to be able to use
| > > the UNC path i.e contoso1/drive.
| > >
| > > I have set this up previously on another client machine. I think
| > > there is a file somewhere that I need to edit to add the server IP
| > > address and UNC path so that it can be mapped while using VPN. Can
| > > anyone point me in the right direction?
| >
| > DNS.
| >
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| > Shenan Stanley
| > MS-MVP
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| >
| >
| >
 
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