Sounds like name resolution issue. Do you have WINS server? It is better to setup WINS for the name resolution over VPN. These search results may help,
Name resolution on VPN
Name resolution is big issue in VPN access. If your VPN server doesn't setup correctly ... To assign the DNS and WINS to a VPN client for name resolution, ...
www.chicagotech.net/nameresolutionpnvpn.htm - Similar pages
vpn name resolution and brosing
Q: VPN name resolution and browsing. After I successfully connect to the VPN Server remotely, I cannot browse the network, and see other computers and ...
www.chicagotech.net/Q&A/vpn1.htm - Similar pages
Name Resolution
References, What's My IP, VPN Flowchart, VPN Solutions, Diagnosis Tools ... This is name resolution issue if you can ping IP but not computer name ...
www.chicagotech.net/nameresolution.htm
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We connect to our VPN with a SonicWALL VPN client. We can not access
out shared files using a UNC path but we can access them using an IP
Address path. We have no problem accessing the same files locally using
the UNC path. What would cause this issue?
