I have setup a VPN between a Win XP Pro PC at the office and another Win XP
Pro at home. Both are behind nat routers.
The VPN works and authenticates OK, but I cannot explore/browse the shared
files on the servers.
I've tried to open files by \\Servername\ShareName and also by
IpAddress/ShareName.
But then realized I can't even ping the server addresss 192.254.1.97
Can someone guide me as to what's wrong.
Double-clicking the vpn connection icon gives these details:
Type: PPP
Transport: TCP/IP,IPX
Server: 192.254.1.97
Client: 192.254.1.999
Running IpConfig /all, gives these details:
C:\Program Files\Support Tools>ipconfig /all
Thanks - I've now read that (by default) Norton Internet Security 2008 does
stop pings (so that explains why I can't ping) but (by default) it DOES allow
file sharing.
So I'm back to my original problem ... I can connect but not browse.
--
Thanks ... Barry
"Robert L. (MS-MVP)" wrote:
> Sound like firewall issue. Have check the firewall settings?
>
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> "Barry" <Barry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7793CB00-3840-490A-8B1F-BBCEDAAC2877@microsoft.com...
> >I have setup a VPN between a Win XP Pro PC at the office and another Win XP
> > Pro at home. Both are behind nat routers.
> > The VPN works and authenticates OK, but I cannot explore/browse the shared
> > files on the servers.
> > I've tried to open files by \\Servername\ShareName and also by
> > IpAddress/ShareName.
> > But then realized I can't even ping the server addresss 192.254.1.97
> >
> > Can someone guide me as to what's wrong.
> >
> > Double-clicking the vpn connection icon gives these details:
> > Type: PPP
> > Transport: TCP/IP,IPX
> > Server: 192.254.1.97
> > Client: 192.254.1.999
> >
> > Running IpConfig /all, gives these details:
> > C:\Program Files\Support Tools>ipconfig /all
> >
> > Windows IP Configuration
> >
> > Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Tstclient
> > Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
> > Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
> > IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
> > WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
> > DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : config
> >
> > Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
> >
> > Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : config
> > Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG
> > Network
> > Connection
> > Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-6F-zz-xx-yy
> > Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> > Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> > IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.65
> > Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> > Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
> > DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
> > DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
> > Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 01 August 2008 10:22:49
> > Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 02 August 2008 10:22:49
> >
> > PPP adapter Wel via VPN:
> >
> > Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> > Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
> > Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-xx-yy
> > Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> > IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.254.1.99
> > Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
> > Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
> > DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Thanks ... Barry
>
>
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