VPN not able to see network

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kelnic

Hi All,
I have setup an VPN through a routefinder router. When
I connect I am authenticated, but when I try to go to
network places and see anything, it is almost like I am
not able to see anything. Although I have been
authenticated. Anyone have any ideas?

Kelnic
 
The first thing to realise is that a dialup connection (RAS or VPN) is
just a point-to-point connection. It just moves data from your remote client
to the server. It does not work like a LAN connection, which allows
broadcast traffic.

So if you can ping the server by its IP number, your connection is
working. Ping by name requires DNS or host files (or lmhosts files or WINS
for netbios names). Browsing is unlikely to work unless your LAN is already
running WINS.
 
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