Re: VPN and Active Directory DNS

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Do the remote users connect via their own routers and if so what ip range do
they use and does it clash with the range of your lan?

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"ImagineSystems" <ImagineSystems@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have a basic VPN setup for remote users that need to connect to the
> network. (I use a Fortinet Fortigate 60 Firewall and their standard
> Forticlient setup.)
> This issue is probably both VPN and Windows related.
>
> 1) When users that have machines that are NOT part our Windows domain
> (i.e.
> their home machine) they can access resources on our network without a
> problem. Accessing via IP address is really all we need to be able to do.
>
> 2) However when users that have laptops that ARE part of the domain, they
> get errors when they try to connect via FQDN as well as IP address. When
> they
> try to connect via IP address they get a message that says "An error
> occurred
> while reconnecting to: 'drive'. Microsoft Windows Network: The local
> device
> name is already in use.
> This connection has not been restored".
>
> I have had this issue as a few different client sites but I can't see to
> find anyone that knows the solution.
> I also tried editing the hosts files of the laptops to see if that would
> help them get to resources but no luck.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
>


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