Unstable when working with off-line files

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Jane

Hi - would appreciate any help you can provide. I have a
VPN connection at my home to the office. I have made
several files and folders avaialable for off-line use.
However, trying to access and work with these files while
offline usually results in a total freeze of the system.
Have to shut down, sometimes manually and start over. A
search of the Knowledge Base revealed no clues. Any
suggestions? Thanks, Jane
 
More than likely this is a name resolution problem. The
computer is probably trying to sync with
\\servername\sharename. You should first see if you can
resolve that name while using the VPN from home. Try
pinging it by name. If you cannot, then you must figure
out a way of resolving the name, either by DNS or WINS, or
the HOSTS file. I have had no luck getting DNS to work,
unless I point my client to my internal DNS server while
connected to the VPN. This can be a hastle, once I
disconnect the VPN I have to set DNS back to a public
server.

I use the HOSTS file, and it works fine for me.
 
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