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Windows VPN

Back again with another question this time about Windows XP VPN. I got it running, but have been unable to browse any shares on my home network. I had it set to include microsoft sharing and all that. Any ideas?

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What is the sound of one hand clapping?

a little more detail would be nice... you set up a vpn connection to what? 2003 server? are you connecting through a firewall? are you using ipsec? pptp?

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Originally posted by Dwaggy
Thats alot of words for someone that sells DVDs out of the back of a truck

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ping the ip address where there are the files, as a little debug help you can use from cmd: netuse

*checks message above* Setting it up on XP Professional. No ipsec or pptp besides what is setup by default.

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What is the sound of one hand clapping?

ok, so if i understand, you're using xp to run vpn services, and connecting with another xp computer... you've managed to log in through your vpn cloud to the host machine, accepted your login, but can't browse shares at all... is this about right?

if you right click the vpn connection on your client machine and check properties are you getting a valid ip address for the network you're connecting to? this wouldn't necessarily prevent shares as windows uses the netbeui level (netbios) to run windows shares by name, but still would be a good indication of connection status. other than that, try setting both machines to the same work group.

if you have a good connection, obtained an ip address, i'd drop to a cmd shell and start pinging, the local router, local machines, even doing a tracert to google to test the full connection.

if any or all of these fail, then you probably arent getting a good vpn connection.

if you do succeed, can ping the machine that is sharing the folders, then i'd start looking at firewalls (norton and the like), windows updates, and even attempting to see shares while directly on the network (you probably already did this before the vpn, but just to be sure the shares are working properly, its best not to assume).

let me know how that goes... and here's a thought, if all you really want to do is access shared files, it might be easier to throw on an ftp server, and setup directory access that way. less irritation from routers, less bandwidth hogging from overhead (vpn is wasteful, takes up to 20% in some cases), and is a lot easier to configure/use...

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Originally posted by Dwaggy
Thats alot of words for someone that sells DVDs out of the back of a truck

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