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How do I access Mapped Drives through VPN connection?
I have set up a VPN Connection to our Company Network and at first glance everything seems to work ok. I can retrieve my emails from our VPOP Server and I can run VNC and connect to all the other System units with VNC Clients installed in our office.
The problem I have is when I attempt to connect to Mapped Drives on our Windows 2K Server. I can only access the drives when I switch off the Windows firewall on my laptop.
I have tried various Firewall Exceptions with no success and for obvious reasons I cannot continue to work with the Firewall Switched off.
NOTE: I have also tried disabling the Windows Firewall and installing and configuring Zonealarm on my laptop with the same result. I can only access the Mapped Drives when I switch Zonealarm off.
I feel there must be a simple solution to this problem yet I cannot see it. All help will be appreciated.
The problem I have is when I attempt to connect to Mapped Drives on our Windows 2K Server. I can only access the drives when I switch off the Windows firewall on my laptop.
I have tried various Firewall Exceptions with no success and for obvious reasons I cannot continue to work with the Firewall Switched off.
NOTE: I have also tried disabling the Windows Firewall and installing and configuring Zonealarm on my laptop with the same result. I can only access the Mapped Drives when I switch Zonealarm off.
I feel there must be a simple solution to this problem yet I cannot see it. All help will be appreciated.
Can you ping the machines in question by hostname rather than by ip address from the other office when the firewall is on?
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Hi and thanks for the reply.
I cannot ping the machine by hostname unless the Firewall is switched off.
I have also moved on from my original query.
I have created a .bat file (which I run from my Laptop) and used: net use X: \\XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX\sharenam
I do however have another issue. I need to connect to and use Sage Line 500 over the VPN. Although I can connect to Sage, the query's do not run. I'm assuming this is a similar issue. Any ideas?
NOTE: Sage do not support VPN access unless SSL.VPN.
Thanks again.
I cannot ping the machine by hostname unless the Firewall is switched off.
I have also moved on from my original query.
I have created a .bat file (which I run from my Laptop) and used: net use X: \\XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX\sharenam
I do however have another issue. I need to connect to and use Sage Line 500 over the VPN. Although I can connect to Sage, the query's do not run. I'm assuming this is a similar issue. Any ideas?
NOTE: Sage do not support VPN access unless SSL.VPN.
Thanks again.
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