Windows VPN Server Problems.

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Mark Painter

Hi All

I have set up a VPN server on an XP machine, and have ticked the option that
allows the guest to access the local resources.
I can connect to the server from an XP machine via the net, and all looks
fine, except I can't actually access any thing.
IE I can connect ok, but can't see any of the machines on the remote
network, and can't ping any to them either.

Any hints folks??

Mark
 
Update:-

I have change the IP of the remote machine and it can now connect to the
server ok, and access the network facilities of the server.
It can also see the other workgroup PC's but not access them.

I have ticked the "Allow Callers to acccess my local network"

Mark.
 
If you are connected via a Window-to-Windows VPN, you should get an IP
address automatically from the VPN server (You can either have it relay to
your local DHCP server or provide an address from a static pool that you
specify). You can see what the address is with "ipconfig /all". NetBios name
resolution via broadcast doesn't work over a VPN, because it is a routed
connection and broadcasts don't pass. You can set up WINS or a local LMHosts
file for name resolution if you need it. You should be able to ping any
other device on the server's LAN by IP address, and those devices should be
able to ping your IP address (the address of the VPN adapter from "ipconfig
/all"). Your client's LAN must be on a different IP network (subnet) than
the server's.

....kurt
 
For compleatness, I have now sorted my issues, and it's now working fine.

Instead of searching for specific machines to map drives on the remote
machine, I mapped to their IP address.
IE - \\192.168.0.22\shared instead of \\daves\shared.

All is fine now and works 100%

Thanks for the help.

Mark
 
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