VPN question.

[Charles C.]

I have set up a VPN server with a Linksys router that allows only one VPN
connection at a time. I can get in remotely and have access to whatever
resources are shared on the Win2k server.

My question is how do I see the rest of the Network at the office?

Thanks.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

What is it you want to connect to? You probably won't be able to browse the
network, but you should be able to access other computers/servers'
resources.....can you ping them by IP address? By name?

 

[Charles C.]

How do I access the other computers? I only see the server I am connecting
to.

Thanks.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Not sure what you mean by "see" - and what are the other computers running?
Are you trying to use remote desktop on them?

How do I access the other computers? I only see the server I am
connecting to.

Thanks.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

What is it you want to connect to? You probably won't be able to
browse the network, but you should be able to access other
computers/servers' resources.....can you ping them by IP address? By
name?

 

[Charles C.]

I have access to the remote server's resources like the harddisk is what I
mean by 'see' but I can't 'see' the other computers on the remote network.
If I 'Search' for the remote server from my computer it finds it but it
does not find the other computers on the remote network.
Do I need to setup RADIUS?

Thanks.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

Not sure what you mean by "see" - and what are the other computers running?
Are you trying to use remote desktop on them?

How do I access the other computers? I only see the server I am
connecting to.

Thanks.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

What is it you want to connect to? You probably won't be able to
browse the network, but you should be able to access other
computers/servers' resources.....can you ping them by IP address? By
name?

Charles C. wrote:
I have set up a VPN server with a Linksys router that allows only
one VPN connection at a time. I can get in remotely and have
access to whatever resources are shared on the Win2k server.

My question is how do I see the rest of the Network at the office?

Thanks.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

You can't browse across most routed connections. Does your network use WINS?
If so, include the WINS server address in your local TCP/IP config
properties and see if that works.

Or, you should be able to search for each computer by IP address....and/or
do a "blind map" even if you can't browse to it.

I have access to the remote server's resources like the harddisk is
what I mean by 'see' but I can't 'see' the other computers on the
remote network. If I 'Search' for the remote server from my computer
it finds it but it does not find the other computers on the remote
network. Do I need to setup RADIUS?

Thanks.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

Not sure what you mean by "see" - and what are the other computers
running? Are you trying to use remote desktop on them?

How do I access the other computers? I only see the server I am
connecting to.

Thanks.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
message What is it you want to connect to? You probably won't be able to
browse the network, but you should be able to access other
computers/servers' resources.....can you ping them by IP address?
By name?

Charles C. wrote:
I have set up a VPN server with a Linksys router that allows only
one VPN connection at a time. I can get in remotely and have
access to whatever resources are shared on the Win2k server.

My question is how do I see the rest of the Network at the office?

Thanks.

 

[Charles C.]

Shouldn't I still be able to ping other computers on the remote network even
if there is no WINS server?

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

You can't browse across most routed connections. Does your network use WINS?
If so, include the WINS server address in your local TCP/IP config
properties and see if that works.

Or, you should be able to search for each computer by IP address....and/or
do a "blind map" even if you can't browse to it.

I have access to the remote server's resources like the harddisk is
what I mean by 'see' but I can't 'see' the other computers on the
remote network. If I 'Search' for the remote server from my computer
it finds it but it does not find the other computers on the remote
network. Do I need to setup RADIUS?

Thanks.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

Not sure what you mean by "see" - and what are the other computers
running? Are you trying to use remote desktop on them?

Charles C. wrote:
How do I access the other computers? I only see the server I am
connecting to.

Thanks.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
message What is it you want to connect to? You probably won't be able to
browse the network, but you should be able to access other
computers/servers' resources.....can you ping them by IP address?
By name?

Charles C. wrote:
I have set up a VPN server with a Linksys router that allows only
one VPN connection at a time. I can get in remotely and have
access to whatever resources are shared on the Win2k server.

My question is how do I see the rest of the Network at the office?

Thanks.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Sure, by IP address....

Shouldn't I still be able to ping other computers on the remote
network even if there is no WINS server?

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

You can't browse across most routed connections. Does your network
use WINS? If so, include the WINS server address in your local
TCP/IP config properties and see if that works.

Or, you should be able to search for each computer by IP
address....and/or do a "blind map" even if you can't browse to it.

I have access to the remote server's resources like the harddisk is
what I mean by 'see' but I can't 'see' the other computers on the
remote network. If I 'Search' for the remote server from my
computer it finds it but it does not find the other computers on
the remote network. Do I need to setup RADIUS?

Thanks.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
message Not sure what you mean by "see" - and what are the other computers
running? Are you trying to use remote desktop on them?

Charles C. wrote:
How do I access the other computers? I only see the server I am
connecting to.

Thanks.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
in message What is it you want to connect to? You probably won't be able to
browse the network, but you should be able to access other
computers/servers' resources.....can you ping them by IP address?
By name?

Charles C. wrote:
I have set up a VPN server with a Linksys router that allows
only one VPN connection at a time. I can get in remotely and
have access to whatever resources are shared on the Win2k
server.

My question is how do I see the rest of the Network at the
office?

Thanks.

 

[Charles C.]

Okay so what I don't get is that I can make the VPN connection to the remote
server, logon, map a drive of this remote server, yet I can't ping the
remote server I mapped a drive to, nor can I ping any other computer on the
remote network?

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

Sure, by IP address....

Shouldn't I still be able to ping other computers on the remote
network even if there is no WINS server?

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

You can't browse across most routed connections. Does your network
use WINS? If so, include the WINS server address in your local
TCP/IP config properties and see if that works.

Or, you should be able to search for each computer by IP
address....and/or do a "blind map" even if you can't browse to it.


Charles C. wrote:
I have access to the remote server's resources like the harddisk is
what I mean by 'see' but I can't 'see' the other computers on the
remote network. If I 'Search' for the remote server from my
computer it finds it but it does not find the other computers on
the remote network. Do I need to setup RADIUS?

Thanks.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
message Not sure what you mean by "see" - and what are the other computers
running? Are you trying to use remote desktop on them?

Charles C. wrote:
How do I access the other computers? I only see the server I am
connecting to.

Thanks.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
in message What is it you want to connect to? You probably won't be able to
browse the network, but you should be able to access other
computers/servers' resources.....can you ping them by IP address?
By name?

Charles C. wrote:
I have set up a VPN server with a Linksys router that allows
only one VPN connection at a time. I can get in remotely and
have access to whatever resources are shared on the Win2k
server.

My question is how do I see the rest of the Network at the
office?

Thanks.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Sounds odd to me, too - but note that ping has nothing to do with browsing,
which is what you were asking about. Are you talking about pinging by
*local* IP address? That should work....

Okay so what I don't get is that I can make the VPN connection to the
remote server, logon, map a drive of this remote server, yet I can't
ping the remote server I mapped a drive to, nor can I ping any other
computer on the remote network?

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

Sure, by IP address....

Shouldn't I still be able to ping other computers on the remote
network even if there is no WINS server?

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
message You can't browse across most routed connections. Does your network
use WINS? If so, include the WINS server address in your local
TCP/IP config properties and see if that works.

Or, you should be able to search for each computer by IP
address....and/or do a "blind map" even if you can't browse to it.


Charles C. wrote:
I have access to the remote server's resources like the harddisk
is what I mean by 'see' but I can't 'see' the other computers on
the remote network. If I 'Search' for the remote server from my
computer it finds it but it does not find the other computers on
the remote network. Do I need to setup RADIUS?

Thanks.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
in message Not sure what you mean by "see" - and what are the other
computers running? Are you trying to use remote desktop on them?

Charles C. wrote:
How do I access the other computers? I only see the server I am
connecting to.

Thanks.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<[email protected]>
wrote in message What is it you want to connect to? You probably won't be able
to browse the network, but you should be able to access other
computers/servers' resources.....can you ping them by IP
address? By name?

Charles C. wrote:
I have set up a VPN server with a Linksys router that allows
only one VPN connection at a time. I can get in remotely and
have access to whatever resources are shared on the Win2k
server.

My question is how do I see the rest of the Network at the
office?

Thanks.

 

[Charles C.]

Yes. The computers at the remote network have static IP's such as
192.168.1.150, the server has a static IP 192.168.1.195. I can't ping these
IP's but I can do a search for the remote server by name (the 192.168.1.195)
and map a drive to it.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

Sounds odd to me, too - but note that ping has nothing to do with browsing,
which is what you were asking about. Are you talking about pinging by
*local* IP address? That should work....

Okay so what I don't get is that I can make the VPN connection to the
remote server, logon, map a drive of this remote server, yet I can't
ping the remote server I mapped a drive to, nor can I ping any other
computer on the remote network?

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

Sure, by IP address....

Charles C. wrote:
Shouldn't I still be able to ping other computers on the remote
network even if there is no WINS server?

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
message You can't browse across most routed connections. Does your network
use WINS? If so, include the WINS server address in your local
TCP/IP config properties and see if that works.

Or, you should be able to search for each computer by IP
address....and/or do a "blind map" even if you can't browse to it.


Charles C. wrote:
I have access to the remote server's resources like the harddisk
is what I mean by 'see' but I can't 'see' the other computers on
the remote network. If I 'Search' for the remote server from my
computer it finds it but it does not find the other computers on
the remote network. Do I need to setup RADIUS?

Thanks.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
in message Not sure what you mean by "see" - and what are the other
computers running? Are you trying to use remote desktop on them?

Charles C. wrote:
How do I access the other computers? I only see the server I am
connecting to.

Thanks.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<[email protected]>
wrote in message What is it you want to connect to? You probably won't be able
to browse the network, but you should be able to access other
computers/servers' resources.....can you ping them by IP
address? By name?

Charles C. wrote:
I have set up a VPN server with a Linksys router that allows
only one VPN connection at a time. I can get in remotely and
have access to whatever resources are shared on the Win2k
server.

My question is how do I see the rest of the Network at the
office?

Thanks.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Yes. The computers at the remote network have static IP's such as
192.168.1.150, the server has a static IP 192.168.1.195. I can't
ping these IP's but I can do a search for the remote server by name
(the 192.168.1.195) and map a drive to it.

More and more bizarre. You can't ping the server, even by IP address, but
you can map a drive to it? Search? Can you search for the other IPs? I'd say
this is something in your VPN config - I'm not that familiar with MS VPN as
I always set it up on a firewall that can handle VPN, but this sounds fishy.
Event log errors of any sort? Does everyone have the same issue? What server
is handling VPN?

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

Sounds odd to me, too - but note that ping has nothing to do with
browsing, which is what you were asking about. Are you talking about
pinging by *local* IP address? That should work....

Okay so what I don't get is that I can make the VPN connection to
the remote server, logon, map a drive of this remote server, yet I
can't ping the remote server I mapped a drive to, nor can I ping
any other computer on the remote network?

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
message Sure, by IP address....

Charles C. wrote:
Shouldn't I still be able to ping other computers on the remote
network even if there is no WINS server?

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
in message You can't browse across most routed connections. Does your
network use WINS? If so, include the WINS server address in your
local TCP/IP config properties and see if that works.

Or, you should be able to search for each computer by IP
address....and/or do a "blind map" even if you can't browse to
it.


Charles C. wrote:
I have access to the remote server's resources like the harddisk
is what I mean by 'see' but I can't 'see' the other computers on
the remote network. If I 'Search' for the remote server from my
computer it finds it but it does not find the other computers on
the remote network. Do I need to setup RADIUS?

Thanks.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<[email protected]>
wrote in message Not sure what you mean by "see" - and what are the other
computers running? Are you trying to use remote desktop on
them?

Charles C. wrote:
How do I access the other computers? I only see the server I
am connecting to.

Thanks.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<[email protected]>
wrote in message What is it you want to connect to? You probably won't be able
to browse the network, but you should be able to access other
computers/servers' resources.....can you ping them by IP
address? By name?

Charles C. wrote:
I have set up a VPN server with a Linksys router that allows
only one VPN connection at a time. I can get in remotely
and have access to whatever resources are shared on the
Win2k server.

My question is how do I see the rest of the Network at the
office?

Thanks.

 

[Guest]

This may be solved or forgotten by now as it's several days old..but...
For starters which Linksys Router are you using and what firmware version ? I've had good and bad results with VPN and Linksys routers.

If you're running a XP or 2K on your workstation, run route print after you get your vpn connection established. You can see from there what is going on with your routing.

Does your linksys router happen to be a newer one that works as a vpn server itself or are you using Microsoft's VPN Server?

Once you've connected to the VPN, if you are using Microsoft VPN, do a net view command. I've seen the computers listed fine that way but not via the NN or MNP icons.

If you have more computers with shared resources, try a net use command to one of those computers after you establish the VPN connection.

There are any number of reasons that the problem you describe can be occuring, right down to the Linksys Router itself.

If you supply more details, I can help you sort this out but there is no point in working blindly.

Supply the following information.

Router Details with firmware version.
What Server OS are you using.
What Workstation OS are you using.
What protocols are you connecting with.
Is the VPN Server actually Microsoft's VPN or is it VPN on the router as is possible iwth the newer linksys routers.
Once connected, what does the net view command yield after you've been connected for several minutes?
What does your route print command tell you?

Yes. The computers at the remote network have static IP's such as
192.168.1.150, the server has a static IP 192.168.1.195. I can't
ping these IP's but I can do a search for the remote server by name
(the 192.168.1.195) and map a drive to it.

More and more bizarre. You can't ping the server, even by IP address, but
you can map a drive to it? Search? Can you search for the other IPs? I'd say
this is something in your VPN config - I'm not that familiar with MS VPN as
I always set it up on a firewall that can handle VPN, but this sounds fishy.
Event log errors of any sort? Does everyone have the same issue? What server
is handling VPN?

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

Sounds odd to me, too - but note that ping has nothing to do with
browsing, which is what you were asking about. Are you talking about
pinging by *local* IP address? That should work....

Charles C. wrote:
Okay so what I don't get is that I can make the VPN connection to
the remote server, logon, map a drive of this remote server, yet I
can't ping the remote server I mapped a drive to, nor can I ping
any other computer on the remote network?

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
message Sure, by IP address....

Charles C. wrote:
Shouldn't I still be able to ping other computers on the remote
network even if there is no WINS server?

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
in message You can't browse across most routed connections. Does your
network use WINS? If so, include the WINS server address in your
local TCP/IP config properties and see if that works.

Or, you should be able to search for each computer by IP
address....and/or do a "blind map" even if you can't browse to
it.


Charles C. wrote:
I have access to the remote server's resources like the harddisk
is what I mean by 'see' but I can't 'see' the other computers on
the remote network. If I 'Search' for the remote server from my
computer it finds it but it does not find the other computers on
the remote network. Do I need to setup RADIUS?

Thanks.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<[email protected]>
wrote in message Not sure what you mean by "see" - and what are the other
computers running? Are you trying to use remote desktop on
them?

Charles C. wrote:
How do I access the other computers? I only see the server I
am connecting to.

Thanks.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<[email protected]>
wrote in message What is it you want to connect to? You probably won't be able
to browse the network, but you should be able to access other
computers/servers' resources.....can you ping them by IP
address? By name?

Charles C. wrote:
I have set up a VPN server with a Linksys router that allows
only one VPN connection at a time. I can get in remotely
and have access to whatever resources are shared on the
Win2k server.

My question is how do I see the rest of the Network at the
office?

Thanks.