Can't Map Drive over VPN to Win2K Server but can to desktops

From: Martini Murphy (Simon.Murphy_at_London.com)
Date: 12/02/04 

Date: 2 Dec 2004 06:29:45 -0800

Hi, Seems there are various threads on mapping drives over VPN but none
seem to answer this. I have set up a VPN to the network at my office
and can connect from home ok but I can't connect any drives to shares
on the Windows 2000 Domain controller. I can connect to shares on the
XP Pro desktops with no problem.

The Server is Win2k Small Business Server and is configured as the
domain controller running DHCP, DNS, Exchange, SQL Server, etc. The
network uses the 192.168.0.0 (255.255.255.0) range of addresses with
the first 20 reserved for fixed addresses. The desktops within the LAN
are XP Pro/Win2k Workstation and don't have any problems connecting
to shares on the server during normal network operation. The VPN is
using a D-Link DFL-700 Firewall/VPN which comes straight into the
network switch. The PC at home is running XP Pro and is using the
D-Link client software to connect. The PC is not in the domain and
connects to the internet using BT Broadband (U.K. ADSL). I have also
tried a 56k dial-up and get the same results.

After connecting with the VPN I can ping the desktops and the server
using both IP addresses and the host names (I set up the domain suffix
on the client connection). If I connect to shares on the XP Pro
desktops then I am prompted for a user id and password which connects
if entered ok. The problem is connecting to shares on the Win2K
Server. I just get the message 'network path not found'.

In simple terms, from home I can do 'net view xxxx' for the
desktops ok (although get the 'access denied' message as expected)
but for the server I get the 'network path not found' message.
(Strangely, I can do 'net view' to one of the Win2k Workstation
desktops and it gives me the list of shares without asking for a
user/pwd). I have tried using WINS on the server but that seems to
make no difference. NetBIOS is enabled on the clients. I've even
tried NetBEUI on the server. I am assuming the problem is in the
configuration of the NT Server as connecting to the XP Pro & Win2K
Workstation machines work. Reading various posts I think it has
something to do with WINS or NetBIOS but the fact is I can connect to
shares on the XP Pro machines without WINS. (All machines are fully
service packed).

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