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Access DFS share from VPN

I currently have DFS setup in my Windows 2003 Domain. I can access the share \\domain\internal\share with no problems in the corporate LAN. When I go home and attempt to access the DFS share via, VPN, it failes to connect. Is it even possible to access a DFS share over a vpn connection? My workstation at home is XP Pro SP3.

The error message I get is: \\Domain\internal\share Configuration information could not be read from the domain controller, either because the machine is unavailable, or access has been denied.

Casey Herman

Can you resolve computer names?
Try to just the server name and see if it finds it \\servername in explorer.
if not then you have to go into Routing and Remote Access in administrative tools.
Then right click on the server name
then go to properties.
then click on the IP tab
and at the bottom check the box that says "enable broadcast name resolution"

Then you should be able to see the computers over remote.

Casey

srfoster77

ASKER

As long as it is a FQDN, then it will resolve the server or any other hostname on the domain. I do not have Routing and Remote Access setup. Do I need to have that setup for the namespace to work?

Casey Herman

Now is that over remote or locally? Have you set the VPN up yet?

Routing and remote access is windows VPN.

Casey

srfoster77

ASKER

I was able to access the hostname on the domain remotely via a VPN connection. Our VPNs are configured in our Firewalls allowing us to join the network. Could that be the cause why my namespace wont work remotely via vpn?

Casey Herman

if the ip you are gettin is coming from the router it may not be using WINS on the server.

srfoster77

ASKER

We aren't using WINS. We are using AD.

CF2nz

Try adding an entry to your hosts file on your client at home to resolve the IP to the DFS share.

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