Re: VPN users cannot see domain shares

From: Herb Martin (news_at_LearnQuick.com)
Date: 12/12/04 

Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 20:07:38 -0600

"CiD" <elcid2k@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:fl7nr0tjerprppluivd4rtbvrrhtd59sfk@4ax.com...
> Hello
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> I have a a windows xp machine that succesfully connects to a windows
> 2003 domain via VPN. Once connected the user gets the correct domain
> ip address info, and is able to ping all other computers in the
> domain. However, the user is not able to browse any network shares (
> Except for the share on the actual vpn server )

It's a NetBIOS issue -- so practically it is a WINS issue
probably.

Install WINS server.

Register all machines as WINS clients on their NIC-IP
properties and make sure the VPN server also assigns
it to the machines.

Remember that servers and even DCs need to be WINS
clients as well (also the WINS server itself usually.)

> To see if it was a permission issue, I tried vping into the server
> with the admin log/password. Yet, the problem persist.

Why would permissions matter? Browsing has never had
anything to do with permissions.

The probably is likely multiple subnets and you cannot
browse across subnets by default (broadcasts don't cross
routers by default.)

> It cannot be a
> security issue since the admin cannot see the shares as well. By the
> way,, the vpn server is sitting behind a firewall and the port 1723
> and 47 are being forwarded to the vpn server. Any ideas why a domain
> user connected to the domain via vpn cannot see any other shares on
> the domain?

As long as the VPN server, AT the network to be browsed, can
browse (aka "see") the network then the clients should be able
to work.

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> thanks.
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> P.S the laptop that is connecting to the vpn server doesnt have my
> domain name under its ip configuration.
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> thanks guys.

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