3 nics, 2 severs and a vpn = grief

[FudgeBrain]

Hi there - i have a problem i have been bashing at for what feels like for ever...In a nutshell, i have two sites linked via a vpn

Site A Server:

Two Nic's:

One nic is plugged into the router with an address of

192.168.15.2
255.255.255.0
192.168.15.254 (gw)

The other nic is plugged into the local network and has the following address

192.168.16.1
255.255.255.0
(No gateway set)


Site B Server

One nic plugged into the switch (router plugged into switch)

192.168.44.8
255.255.255.0
192.168.44.29 (gw)


Now i can sit at site B and open a rdp connection to Site A's server
(192.168.15.2)

If i try from site B to access via rdp again, only this time going for site
A's other nic's address 192.168.16.1 - it fails.

If i rdp onto site A's 192.168.15.2 - then from within the sessions desktop
i open the following:

Start \ Run

\\192.168.16.1

..........it opens it own network shares - which is expected

if i repeat the process, entering the other nic address of \\192.168.15.2 it
fails - (could not open network share msg)

If i repeat the process, only entering the address of site A's server,
\\192.168.44.8 - it opens it - after authentication.

Going in the other direction, rdp to Site B, then trying to reach
\\192.168.16.1 - fails

trying to reach \\192.168.15.2 displays an authentication requestor - which
i cannot seem to get past - all authentication attempts just seem to
fail/ignore.



It sounds far down the line, but my end goal is to allow Citrix users to
print on their local printers.

Citrix is hosted at site B and the clients and their printers are hosted at
site A - i cannot install the printers into Citrix as i cannot reach them...

i feel that this all can be fixed with the addition to site A's routing
table, but my brain turns to fudge when i try to think about it...


Any help would be gratefully appreciated...

 

[dearingkr]

Site-A has 2 subnets: 192.168.15.0 & 192.168.16.0
Why?

Which subnet are the Site-A PCs on?

If they are on the 192.168.16.0 subnet:
What device is routing traffic between the subnets?
Is routing enabled on the server?
What is the gw of the PCs?

What is the gw of the devices at Site-B?

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[FudgeBrain]

ahhh no matter - i resolved the issue this morning -i just changed the network topology - it was designed around a adsl modem plugged into the server, then the server providing access to the clients - well now they're using a fixed ip address with a router/firewall - so there was no need for all that messing about with the dual nics...

So i spent some time last night and wrote out a guide for the none tech guy at the other site to change his network over to a single nic...

All went well - and they are now using Citrix, printing, emailing, etc etc

sweeeeeeet

 

[dearingkr]

I'm glad everything went well.
If you have any more questions, you know where to find us...

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