Accessing shared folders over VPN
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Lachlan James
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 5:27 pm    Post subject: Accessing shared folders over VPN Reply with quote

Hi,

I am having trouble accessing some shared folders when connected to a remote
computer via VPN on Windows XP Pro. Others have connected to the same remote
machine and can see and access the shared folders, so there must be a problem
with my network setup at home.

My machine is behind my linksys router which assigns IP's in a range I have
specified which is 204.64.0.1 onwards, so my machine is assigned 204.64.0.2,
the remote machine I am connected to is behind an ADSL modem and has a
private static IP of 192.168.0.1. The rmeote machine's VPN conenction has
been configured to 'allow connecting computers to specify own ip address'.
When I am connected via VPN the remote computer can see me on the network but
cannot see my shared folders, and I can't access the remote machines by using
\\machinename or \\ipaddress or map a network drive etc.

The remote machine is not part of a domain but is part of a workgroup called
'WORKGROUP'. I have set up my local computer so it is part of the same
workgroup but when I click 'view computers in my workgroup' it does not list
any others.

So my question is, why can I not see the shared folders on the remote
machine when connected via VPN when other people can?

Thanks for any help with this.

Lachlan
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