Laptops lose mapped drives when connecting by VPN
I have ten users that take their in XP & Win7 laptops offsite and connect over their Sprint Wireless modems, execute the Sonicwall Net Extender SSL-VPN which connects to the firewall and provides access to the active directory environment where we have a Win 2008 and Win 2003 server and Exchange 2007.
Most users complain their mapped drives never reappear. I had to put a copy of their windows login script on their desktop. They execute it and it remaps their drives.
How do I keep their mapped drives when they are off site?
Most users complain their mapped drives never reappear. I had to put a copy of their windows login script on their desktop. They execute it and it remaps their drives.
How do I keep their mapped drives when they are off site?
You can try this, although i haven't tested it yet.
Try to do follow these steps:
1. Locate the .pbk file that contains the entry that you dial. To do so, click Start, type *.pbk in the Research Bar, and then press Enter.
2. Open the file in Notepad.
3. Locate the following entry: UseRasCredentials=1
4. Modify the entry to the following: UseRasCredentials=0
5. On the File menu, click Save, and the click Exit.
PBK should be in C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppDat
Try to do follow these steps:
1. Locate the .pbk file that contains the entry that you dial. To do so, click Start, type *.pbk in the Research Bar, and then press Enter.
2. Open the file in Notepad.
3. Locate the following entry: UseRasCredentials=1
4. Modify the entry to the following: UseRasCredentials=0
5. On the File menu, click Save, and the click Exit.
PBK should be in C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppDat
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I don't know how they would connect before loggin in. They are presented with the windows login at startup.
You might find this link useful. I use this option with the GVC, but not have had the chance to implement it within the ssl-vpn appliance yet.
https://www.fuzeqna.com/sonicwallkb/consumer/kbdetail.asp?kbid=5912
https://www.fuzeqna.com/sonicwallkb/consumer/kbdetail.asp?kbid=5912
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The problem is the VPN isn't started before logging in so the user script in the netlogon share on the domain controller doesn't execute.
Manually mapping the drive on the clients is a manual solution. There won't be a need for login scripts on the server in this case. This is also time consuming so recommended limited use here.
Manually mapping the drive on the clients is a manual solution. There won't be a need for login scripts on the server in this case. This is also time consuming so recommended limited use here.
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digitap:
I tried your suggestion on my remote desktop and it worked. I'm going onsite tomorrow to test it on the user laptops.
I tried your suggestion on my remote desktop and it worked. I'm going onsite tomorrow to test it on the user laptops.
Awesome! Glad to hear you found success with the solution. Looking forward to hearing more of the same with the user laptops.
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Worked perfect and quick.
Great...glad to help and thanks for the points!
You will need to see if your VPN Client can be made to run BEFORE logon.