Re: VPN shares..... again

From: Jason Wilder (no_at_spam.fool)
Date: 04/25/04 

Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 11:24:36 -0700

Here is what I see when I'm connected VPN:

PPP adapter <>:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.17
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.17
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3
        Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3

the 1.3 is the internal IP address of SBS Server. when i ping 1.3, i get a
reply of about 115ms, i don't think it's local.

"Tony Su" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3dc901c42ad8$936d68a0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Jason,
> Unless I misunderstood your oringinal post, you have your
> VPN incorrectly set up.
>
> When you configure VPN clients on your SBServer, you
> should not be handing out the SBServer's address to the
> client except as a default gateway.
>
> From what you describe, I think you're simply pinging
> yourself and not the SBServer.
>
> And, if you have the same IP address as the SBServer, no
> wonder you can't access any resources on the Server.
>
> As for RWW, I'm not sure that anyone has described this
> critical difference to you between it and a VPN... With a
> VPN, the XP Home machine you're using becomes a member of
> your SBServer network. Typically, you run applications on
> your remote client and only access files in your home
> network.
>
> If you RWW, you do not run applications on your remote
> client. Instead, you connect to another client machine
> which must be running XP Pro in your SBServer network. Any
> applications you run are on the machine in your office,
> not your XP Home.
>
> Tony Su
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Jason:
> >
> >RWW... Remore Web Workplace. One of its features allows
> remote users to
> >securely log into their Windows XP Pro workstations at
> the office from a web
> >browser on the remote computer (no VPN required). This
> allows them to
> >remote control their office computers. Essentially, this
> is a secure RDC
> >session to a WinXP Pro workstation. Better than a VPN
> because it requires
> >much less bandwidth and offers the remote user a
> better "session experience"
> >(meaning it's faster). This feature is available in both
> versions of SBS
> >2003 Standard and Premium). A VPN can be painfully slow
> for remote users
> >because it's upload speed is limited to the slowest
> connection.
> >
> >WinXP HE is crippled and doesn't have the "log on using"
> feature at the log
> >on screen. So, you can't establish the VPN session
> before you log onto your
> >remote computer workgroup. To compensate, you may need
> to change the remote
> >computer's workgroup to the same name as the SBS domain.
> Then, in the VPN
> >connectoid, under its TCP/IP properties, point DNS to the
> SBS server's
> >internal LAN IP address (192.168.x.x). This may solve
> the name resolution
> >issue you're seeing but it may take a while to retrieve a
> browser list of
> >all the LAN computers after you establish the VPN. "Use
> the default
> >gateway..." should be left checked unless the remote user
> needs to browse
> >the web using their local Internet connection during the
> VPN session (which
> >can create a security issue). You may also be able to
> use the internal IP
> >address of your SBS server (192.168.x.x) in your batch
> file instead of the
> >server name to avoid name resolution issues. Make sure
> >
> >This thread may help a bit for the batch file...
> >
> >http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-
> 8&selm=b8h6d3%24h2o%241%40slb6.atl.mindspring.net
> >
> >--
> >Merv Porter [SBS MVP]
> >===================================
> >
> >"Jason Wilder" <no@spam.fool> wrote in message
> >news:#o3c$GpKEHA.1388@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >> err, nevermind, I found what RWW refers to, but doesn't
> look like it's an
> >> option in SBS 2003 Standard, only Premium.
> >>
> >> Also, it's not 1AM... dang, I'm really tired.... wrong
> watch. ugh....
> >>
> >> anyway, hope someone can help me in the right direction.
> >>
> >> "Jason Wilder" <no@spam.fool> wrote in message
> >> news:Omvze8oKEHA.556@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >> > Ok, I have spend the last 3 days searching high and
> low for steps to get
> >> me
> >> > closer, and then I finally got around to this news
> group! I've gotten
> >> > closer than I've been, but still have a few things to
> work on.
> >> >
> >> > Here's the setup:
> >> >
> >> > Office - SBS 2003 Standard (DSL)
> >> >
> >> > Home - XP Home (Cable)
> >> >
> >> > I can RDC to the server, I can connect VPN. After
> reviewing nearly all
> >> the
> >> > VPN posts made in this forum, I got to the point
> where I made the
> >> following
> >> > changes to my VPN connection:
> >> >
> >> > - unchecked the box 'Use default gateway on remote
> network'
> >> > - assigned the 'local' IP of SBS manually in my VPN
> connection
> >> > (192.168.1.3)
> >> >
> >> > As of now, I can ping the IP, I can ping
> server.domain.local. But I
> >> cannot
> >> > ping 'server'.
> >> >
> >> > Now, where I'm trying to get is to be able to create
> some reasonable way
> >> of
> >> > assigning the drive shares that the users would see
> when they login on
> >the
> >> > LAN. At the office, the login BAT file does the
> usual net use <drive>:
> >> > \\server\share. In one of the posts, I read about
> SBS 2003 disabling
> >> > NetBIOS by default, and even a registry edit to
> disable this feature,
> >> though
> >> > I don't think this is a way I want to go, or do I?
> I've also noticed
> >that
> >> > DHCP enabled on my PPP adapter RAS server (Dial-In),
> is set to 'no' -
> >when
> >> I
> >> > view ipconfig /all.
> >> >
> >> > *ignorant question alert* What does RWW refer to?
> That acronym just
> >> escapes
> >> > me at the moment, considering it's 1AM on a sunday
> morning. :S
> >> >
> >> > Hope this is enough information and someone could
> steer me in the right
> >> > direction. Thanks.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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