Re: VPN WinXP Firewall

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Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 09:20:50 -0600

what do you receive is using net view \\servername command?

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"John K" <jkraus@allcompsyr.com> wrote in message 
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>I have a remote site using XP Pro workstations connecting with VPN and 
>mapping a couple of shares. Connects to a W2K3 server at the main site. It 
>had been working since it was set up about six months ago and all has been 
>fine. Never misses a beat and has always been very fast. All of a sudden it 
>stopped working. It connects OK but the name mappings (net use x: 
>\\xxxxx\xxxxx /USER:xxxx@xxxx.xxx xxxxxx /persistent:no) don't work.
>
> The remote clients go thru a Linksys BEFSX41 at the remote site. Have 
> another site connecting into the same domain that uses a BEFSR41. It is 
> OK. There are three sites total, same domain, each with W2K3 DCs.
>
> Come to find out, I turned off the Win XP firewall and now it works as 
> before. The problem seems to have begun when the Win XP firewall update 
> was sent out in December 2004.
>
> The usage for this is only on weekends so I have the remote user turning 
> off the Windows firewall when they are working and turn it back on 
> afterwards. The Linksys firewall is still in place so it isn't a severe 
> issue for a couple hours of work / connect time. The behavior is the same 
> without regard to the workstation used at the remote location and it only 
> happens at the remote site equipped with the BEFSX41. The mappings occur 
> very fast when the connection is invoked. With Windows Explorer open they 
> pop up pretty much instantaneously when the command file runs. The rasdial 
> string uses a domain username password as does the net use line entry with 
> the mappings set to no persistence.
>
> The main site has a BEFSX41. The three sites connect and replicate the 
> domain on a schedule in the middle of the nite (seven days /365) and it 
> works OK. There are mappings used between the servers that sync some 
> database stuff and user data that hasn't been affected. That also occurs 
> in the middle of the nite during the period while replication is running. 
> That stuff occurs through the use of a command file that creates some 
> mappings and uses Xcopy to update only the chaged files. The amount of 
> data isn't very big, taking a max of 45 minutes across all three servers.
>
> In short, the servers running VPN, replication and mappings are completely 
> unaffected. The site with BEFSR41 is completely unaffected. Only the XP 
> Pro workstations at the remote site with BEFSX41 can't map drives to 
> shares at the main site unless the XP Pro firewall is turned off. The 
> problem seems to have begun about the time the XP Pro firewall update was 
> sent out. The two sites (main and one remote) with BEFSX41 are both using 
> the latest current firmware on the routers.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks, John K
>
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