Re: Can not access local resources over VPN

From: Robert L [MS-MVP] (noreply_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/17/04 

Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 15:43:22 -0600

too many issues on this post. let me ask a simple question. Can you ping the
office server by ip? if yes, can you ping it by name? if you can't ping ip,
post the results of vpn client ipconfig /all here. 

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"Dennis Grinberg" <dgrin_bli_luef@bli_luef.bellatlantic.net> wrote in 
message news:Omj4L0OzEHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>I am connecting to my office via the VPN connection on a Windows XP SP2 
>machine. I installed the XP SP2 VPN patch. This is the setup:
>
> - My home machine (laptop) has been registered on my office domain and I 
> login to the laptop with my domain credentials.
>
> - My home network is on 10.0.0.X. The local network at work is using 
> 192.168.X.X
>
> - "Use default gateway on remote network" is checked on the VPN 
> properties. (I tried things without it as well.)
>
> - I've tried my experiments choosing a Domain name when connecting as well 
> as leaving it blank
>
>
>
> This is what I experience:
>
> - When connected to VPN, I can access IP addresses on my home network 
> (10.0.0.X)
>
> - When connected to the VPN, I can access external (public) IP addresses 
> and the routing goes from my office, not my home machine. Names resolve.
>
> - I can access machines on my office domain via http
>
> - I can not access network shares at my office. After a long timeout, I 
> get a message telling me to enter my credentials and that there was 
> already an attempt to authenticate based on the credentials I used to 
> login with. I enter credentials and it still fails.
>
> - I can not ping any machines in my office network
>
> - I can not perform name resolution for any machines at my office (the DNS 
> servers are set automatically by the VPN to local office IP addresses). 
> [So who is doing the resolution for the external sites?]
>
> - I *can* RDP into machines on my office network.
>
>
>
> I've read many similar posts but none of the suggestions seemed to be 
> applicable to my situation. Do you have any idea why I wouldn't be able to 
> access local shares and perform local name resolution? This is the main 
> reason I want access to the domain!
>
>
>
> The one other quirky thing that could possibly be related is that the VPN 
> rejects my normal domain credentials and a new domain account needed to be 
> created so I could get into the VPN.
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
>
> Dennis
>
>
>
>

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