No access to local network resources when connected to VPN

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Apologies if this query is in the wrong section. I have a couple of XP Pro
machines here that connect to a client server via a VPN connection just using
the MS VPN client. Unfortunately when they connect they can no longer use
any of the local network resources such as mapped drives or e-mail. I can
get it to work by ticking the 'use default gateway on remote network' option,
but I am thinking that is not the best way to get round the problem. Hope
someone has an idea.

Thanks

D
 
Darren said:
Apologies if this query is in the wrong section. I have a couple of XP
Pro
machines here that connect to a client server via a VPN connection just
using
the MS VPN client. Unfortunately when they connect they can no longer use
any of the local network resources such as mapped drives or e-mail. I can
get it to work by ticking the 'use default gateway on remote network'
option,
but I am thinking that is not the best way to get round the problem. Hope
someone has an idea.

Thanks

D
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Using the built-in PPTP VPN client on an XP box that is the only way to do
what you want, ie. unchecking the 'use default gateway on remote network'
checkbox. Note the potential security risks...

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg1003.mspx#E2CAC

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Thanks for the quick reply. Could I just check one thing, it says in your
post below that unchecking the 'use default gateway on remote network'
checkbox, would make this work. I actually have to tick the checkbox to get
it working - does this make sense?

Thanks
 
Darren said:
Thanks for the quick reply. Could I just check one thing, it says in your
post below that unchecking the 'use default gateway on remote network'
checkbox, would make this work. I actually have to tick the checkbox to
get
it working - does this make sense?

Thanks
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Hmmm... No that does not make sense...:-)

Unfortunately I have no way to test that on any of my PCs...

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Thanks for the quick reply. Could I just check one thing, it says in your
post below that unchecking the 'use default gateway on remote network'
checkbox, would make this work. I actually have to tick the checkbox to get
it working - does this make sense?

Thanks







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Do you mean the "local network resources" at the "remote" VPN end
point of the client or at "your" end of the VPN.

If your are trying to access the "local network resources" at the VPN
"end" point, that is the required setting.

As for the "Local" resources at "your" end, you need to check in
greater details for the recommended setting by Sonner is the so called
"recommended solution."
 
Thanks for all the help with this. It was network resources at our end (not
the remote end) that we cannot access after connecting to the VPN. I have
actually found a possible solution but am not sure if it is correct. The
PC's here that are connecting to the PVN have internal IP addresses from the
10 range and a subnet mask of 255.0.0.0 (this is given to them by DHCP). I
have found that if I change it to a static address and change the subnet mask
to 255.255.0.0 then everything works, I can connect to resources at the
remote end and our end. Does this make sense?

Thanks

D
 
Thanks for all the help with this. It was network resources at our end (not
the remote end) that we cannot access after connecting to the VPN. I have
actually found a possible solution but am not sure if it is correct. The
PC's here that are connecting to the PVN have internal IP addresses from the
10 range and a subnet mask of 255.0.0.0 (this is given to them by DHCP). I
have found that if I change it to a static address and change the subnet mask
to 255.255.0.0 then everything works, I can connect to resources at the
remote end and our end. Does this make sense?

Thanks

D
 
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