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How do I map a drive over a VPN connection
I have a successful VPN connection from my home (XP Home) to office no server just another XP pro computer on a LAN but when i try to map a shared drive on the office computer my computer tells me it cant find the network the workgroups are the same and all file sharing requirements are set in the Windows firewall etc.
From the same home based computer i can VPN to a friends system where a Windows 2003 server is the direct connection, I can also map this computers shared c drive using the Windows Map facility in explorer by \\computername\sharename
Why cant i do this when a successful VPN connection is made to my office to an XP pro workstation?
From the same home based computer i can VPN to a friends system where a Windows 2003 server is the direct connection, I can also map this computers shared c drive using the Windows Map facility in explorer by \\computername\sharename
Why cant i do this when a successful VPN connection is made to my office to an XP pro workstation?
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ha! I may have poached that from some unknowing child genius cough cough :)
:-) just sounded familiar :-)
Ah, feels special to be quoted !
Ah, feels special to be quoted !
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problem resolved it was a clash of IP addresses issued by the routers at both ends of the VPN. Both routers were issuing ip addresses begining 192.168.1.10 to 192.168.1.254. Th e router at the client end was altered to issue ip addresses 192.168.99.10 to 192.168.99.254.
but the map function of Windows Explorer required the IP address of the host pc and the share name not the computer name and Share name
but the map function of Windows Explorer required the IP address of the host pc and the share name not the computer name and Share name
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I would recommend at least a point split here. Though webbyflanagan, fixed the connection issue (duplicate subnets) on his/her own, the answer to the actual question of mapping drives was dealt with by both RobWill and Jay_Jay70.
--Rob
--Rob
No problem :-)
Assuming you have a successful VPN connection You can also simply use the IP address. At a command line enter:
net use z:\ \\<IP address>\<share name>
such as:
net use z: \\192.168.0.101\Share
if you wish to or need to include a password:
net use z: \\192.168.0.101\Share password /User:username
do not change "User" it is not a variable