Unable to Map Drive over VPN?

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Jason Gyetko

I see all kinds of posts out here for this problem, but have yet to
find a solution to my situation. Any suggestions would be greatly
appreciated.

I have two XP Pro systems both behind router firewalls. I am able to
establish my VPN connection between them. I can ping the remote XP
system, router, and two WAPS. I can NetMeeting into the remote XP
system and browse into the router and WAPS, but I cannot map a drive to
the remote XP system. I am logged on using an administrative account
(which happens to be the same accouint that the remote PC is logged on
locally as). I can map a drive to the shared directory from the local
PC (doesn't make much sense to map a drive to a local directory, but I
just wanted to make sure I could). Any ideas?

Thanks.
 
Jason Gyetko said:
I see all kinds of posts out here for this problem, but have yet to
find a solution to my situation. Any suggestions would be greatly
appreciated.

I have two XP Pro systems both behind router firewalls. I am able to
establish my VPN connection between them. I can ping the remote XP
system, router, and two WAPS. I can NetMeeting into the remote XP
system and browse into the router and WAPS, but I cannot map a drive to
the remote XP system. I am logged on using an administrative account
(which happens to be the same accouint that the remote PC is logged on
locally as). I can map a drive to the shared directory from the local
PC (doesn't make much sense to map a drive to a local directory, but I
just wanted to make sure I could). Any ideas?
Click to expand...

Check if you have guest account disabled:
Control Panel | Folder Options | View | Use simple file sharing (uncheck)
 
One more question, I am only able to map the drive as long as Windows
Firewall is Disabled. As soon as I Enable it, I cannot access it
anymore. I have File and Print Sharing checked as an exception which
inludes ports TCP 139, TCP 445, UDP 137, and UDP 138. I currently have
the scope for those four ports set to ANY. Is there something else
that must be specified? Thanks.
 
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