Re: I'm in VPN Hell...

"Albert" <Albert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:4205208C-0C5F-4700-AF6D-B1DB6832E558@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello Again Sir.
Well, I finally got the vpn up and running... Sort of.
I got the server going at the office and the client at home.
The connection seemed to go ok.
However, I can't see my work (server) network... I have not been able to see
or access any computers there.
Where do you think I went wrong?
Thanx and Best regards,
Albert C



Presuming you have shared folders configured and you can ping the computer the shared folder is on you need to use the computers IP or name plus share name to access it.

Example:

\\12.34.56.78\ShareName

....or...

\\PCName\\ShareName

If you want to use the PCName you can use a "lmhosts" file to map the computer name to its LAN IP address (static). See this article from Microsoft for the syntax.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314884/en-us

The lmhosts file is resident in the "C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc" folder. There is an example lmhosts.sam file in that folder that you can use as a template.

Here is an example VPN client lmhosts file based on access to this network.

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/Vista/PPTP/Examplelmhosts.txt
http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/Vista/PPTP/ExampleVistaVPNNetwork.pdf

Note the use of a lmhosts file can get quite cumbersome in a large network.

Good luck...

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