RE: Accessing Sharepoint via a VPN with XP Home

Brandy -

Thank you for your help:

1 & 2 - same error message comes up:

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Cannot find server or DNS Error
Internet Explorer

3. When trying to ping the http://companyweb it fails - I can ping the
defualt website for the server, I can however get to the all the other
feature including RWW.

4. I ran the command prompt imporely so I do not have the text file -
however it did show the DNS of our server - the IPCONFIG looked to be
identical to my Pro laptop. All other network resource seem to be available
to the Home box except for the companyweb.

This seems to be happening to all XP Home boxes when they are outside the
LAN when they bring thier machine to the office I can connect them to the
http://companyweb without a problem.

Thank you so much for your help.

John

""Brandy Nee [MSFT]"" wrote:

> Hello John,
>
> Thank you for posting to the SBS Newsgroup.
>
> I understand that you cannot VPN to http://companyweb from Windows XP Home
> Edition workstation. If I have misunderstood your concern, please let me
> know.
>
> Due to lack of information for research, I need your help to collect the
> following information for research:
>
> 1. What is the exact error message shown to you when the VPN connection
> failed? Please copy and paste the exact full content of the error message
> to the Newsgroup for accurate research.
>
> 2. Open IE -> Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced -> Uncheck the box
> "Show friendly HTTP error messages", then reproduce the issue, copy and
> paste the exact full content of the error message to the Newsgroup for
> accurate research.
>
> 3. On a command window on the problematic workstation, can you ping
> companyweb with command "ping companyweb" (without quotation marks)? Please
> paste the full output to the Newsgroup.
>
> 4. Since the Companyweb is CNAME record of DNS on the SBS server, the
> remote VPN client should make SBS server as Default gateway (which is by
> default configuration of SBS VPN connection). Please run the following
> command on the problematic workstation after the VPN connection to
> companyweb is failed and paste the result to the Newsgroup.
>
> ipconfig /all > C:\result.txt
>
> Please run the same command on the server and paste the result to the
> Newsgroup.
>
> 5. Just want to confirm, does this issue happen on all Win XP Home Edition
> workstations or some of them?
>
> I am appreciated your time and cooperation, and am looking forward to
> hearing from you!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Brandy Nee
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> >I'm hoping that you will be able to help me with this quirky problem. I'm
> >running SBS 2003 with Sharepoint - I also run a VPN through a Watchgaurd
> >Firebox. When I'm connected to the VPN with a Professional box I can see
> the
> >companyweb - however if I'm conected with a Home box I can not see the
> >companyweb - I can access OWA and the default site //server. When these
> >laptops running Home are connected to the network at the office they can
> see
> >the companyweb site without problem.
> >
> >Any help will be gratefully appreciated.
> >
> >thanks in advanced.
> >
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>
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