Re: xp client vpn issue

From: Param R. (pr_at_nospam.com)
Date: 10/13/04 

Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 09:16:04 -0500

ISA is our firewall. It has the option of "PPTP through firewall" checked.
Outgoing RDP/FTP is enabled on ISA. I can ping the remote machine by IP not
by hostname. When I try to establish RDP/FTP to remote IP it fails.

thanks

"Sharoon Shetty K [MSFT]" <sharoons@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:Oqo44CQsEHA.1156@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Do you have firewall enabled which have blocked the file sharing ports or
> the RDP ports? Are you able to ping the server by its hostname? If no then
> this could be an issue with the name resolution, check if you can net use
> to the shared folder using the server ip instead of the server name.
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Sharoon
> ---------------------------------------------------------
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> "Param R." <pr@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:O9lx2pHsEHA.3988@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Sharoon, here is my situation:-
>>
>> Windows XP Client (Machine trying to connect) is part of domain
>> "COMPANYDOMAIN".
>>
>> Remote Machine (Server 2000/2003) is part of workgroup "COMPANYDOMAIN".
>>
>> Please advise.
>>
>> thanks,
>> Param
>>
>> "Sharoon Shetty K [MSFT]" <sharoons@online.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message news:%23dF9qkDsEHA.2008@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>> Are the remote networks part of any domain? This could happen if
>>> 1) the machine you are trying to contact is joined to a domain in which
>>> case you need to stop policyagent [net stop policyagent] if already
>>> running on the client
>>> 2) the machine you are connecting from is also in the same domain but
>>> not running policyagent in which case you need to start the policyagent
>>> [net start policyagent] if not started.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Thanks,
>>> Sharoon
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------
>>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>>> rights.
>>>
>>> "Param R." <pr@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>> news:OOeOJvuqEHA.3728@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>>> Hi all, I am having a problem where XP clients who are dialing VPN
>>>> connections and then trying to connect to remote networks are unable to
>>>> do so. The vpn connection is properly established. The client gets
>>>> assigned an IP address on the remote subnet. Client can even ping
>>>> remote ip. But when they try to do anything i.e. establish an RDP
>>>> connection, map folders etc. nothing will work. Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>> TIA!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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