Re: VPN connection questions

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From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_nospam-comcast.net)
Date: 06/04/04 

Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 14:58:39 GMT

Go into the vpn connectoid and in properties/networking/tcp ip/advanced - uncheck use
default gateway on remote network. Keep in mind that you want to secure your vpn
clients as they can be a backdoor into bringing viruses and such into your network.
You can also configure your Remote Access policy/edit profile/IP - ip filters to
restrict what traffic can leave and enter your network and if possible configure your
firewall to accept vpn connections from only authorized IP addresses instead of the
while world.

Browsing the network over a vpn connection can be problematic since browsing the lan
is broadcast based unless you use wins or lmhosts files to find the master browser.
You might instead try to locate resources on the network by using unc as in
\\computername\share and mapping a drive or creating a shortcut that way. If computer
name does not work, then try the IP address of the computer offering the share as in
\\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\share. The link below may be helpful. --- Steve

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;150800

"James Kennedy" <jamesmkennedy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uL0wy7jSEHA.3768@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> I setup a VPN server at work on Windows 2000 server and also setup my
> firewall to allow access and have setup a VPN connection at home. At home,
> it connects fine, but I have a couple of problems/questions: 1) When I'm
> connected through VPN to work, my internet connection (DSL) doesn't work
> anymore. 2) Once I'm connected to through VPN, how do I access the folders
> on my VPN server that are allowed for this user; in other words, I need to
> be able to access data in a particular directory on the server from
> home--how do I setup the client to do this?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> James Kennedy
>
>

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