XP Pro will connect but wont find any shares

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IanGsi16v

Hi,

I've got a bit of a puzzle here ! We have 3 PC's in our remote office
that can VPN into our Main Office (SBS 2003 Server)

Two of the PC's work fine, you can connect by \\Servername\ etc so no
problems there....

The third one (which happens to be mine ! ) will connect but it cannot
access anything on the remote network, all I can do is ping the
external interface of the SBS 2003, I cant ping any other servers or
see anything.

I have checked the settings and I cant see any problems, all the PC's
are set up the same and they all have the same firewall settings
received from Group Policys.

All my IP config's look fine aswell ??

Anybody got any ideas?

Ian
 
What do you receive if you using net view \\servername? Also posting the result of ipconfig /all on the vpn client may help.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
Hi,

I've got a bit of a puzzle here ! We have 3 PC's in our remote office
that can VPN into our Main Office (SBS 2003 Server)

Two of the PC's work fine, you can connect by \\Servername\ etc so no
problems there....

The third one (which happens to be mine ! ) will connect but it cannot
access anything on the remote network, all I can do is ping the
external interface of the SBS 2003, I cant ping any other servers or
see anything.

I have checked the settings and I cant see any problems, all the PC's
are set up the same and they all have the same firewall settings
received from Group Policys.

All my IP config's look fine aswell ??

Anybody got any ideas?

Ian
 
Hi Robert

Here are the results of me running ipconfig/all on my VPN client

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : systemxp0e00
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : NorcottTechnologies.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : NorcottTechnologies.local
NorcottTechnologies.local

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : NorcottTechnologies.local
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network
Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-23-13-3F-74
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.34.29
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.34.2
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.34.2
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.34.2
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.34.2
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 21 March 2006 08:08:48
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 29 March 2006 08:08:48

PPP adapter Norcott Brook

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.33.29
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.33.29
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.33.2
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.33.2

When I try to acess the server on the remote network I get a "Network
Path Not Found" message.

Whats confusing me is that all the machines appear to be set up the
same yet the others will connect and share with the remote network.

Thanks

Ian
 
Assuming you receive system error 53 when using net view \\servername, you have a name resolution issue. Ii think this may be the problem: Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : NorcottTechnologies.local. Can you ping the server by FQDN?

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
Hi Robert

Here are the results of me running ipconfig/all on my VPN client

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : systemxp0e00
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : NorcottTechnologies.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : NorcottTechnologies.local
NorcottTechnologies.local

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : NorcottTechnologies.local
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network
Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-23-13-3F-74
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.34.29
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.34.2
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.34.2
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.34.2
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.34.2
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 21 March 2006 08:08:48
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 29 March 2006 08:08:48

PPP adapter Norcott Brook

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.33.29
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.33.29
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.33.2
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.33.2

When I try to acess the server on the remote network I get a "Network
Path Not Found" message.

Whats confusing me is that all the machines appear to be set up the
same yet the others will connect and share with the remote network.

Thanks

Ian
 
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