Re: VPN Folder Sharing

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From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 11/13/04 

Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 11:10:16 -0500

jackjenkins wrote:
> The setup:
> 2 XP pro boxes behind separate routers on DSL - different locations.
> VPN connects OK. Confirmed through Remote Desktop Connection and
> logmein. Also, using a dynamic dns on both sides.
>
> Everything works fine except I cannot share a folder or drive.
> Have tried \\computer name\folder, \\dynamic dns\computer
> name\folder, ...
>
> And I thought the hard part was going to be stting up the firewalls
> and routers.
>
> Any help would be appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
> Jack

Once the tunnel is established, can you successfully ping each computer by
its private IP address? If so, it's a name resolution issue, most likely.
You could use an LMHOSTS file to take care of that....see if
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;150800 helps.

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