Automap drive for users?

[Naesstrom]

Hi everyone!

I have one small question, our company is running Windows Server 2003 and I have set up a very basic vpn by using a step by step guide I found googling...

The thing I'm having problems with is getting a network folder on the server to be auto mapped to a network drive on the Users computer when he logs on...
Maybe a bit fuzzy explanation but I'll give an example...

User 1 connects to the server with Windows VPN client, when he is connected he gets a new drive (G that's mapped to for example \\Server\Common!

Sure, most ppl know how to do this manually but it would be much better if there was some way of doing it like this for some of the "older" ppl in the company!

oh, and one more small thing, Noticed that when I connect to the server through the vpn everything I do on the net goes through the server... any way of being connected but still be using my Local Connection... we're going to start using MS Business Contact Manager with the DB on the server, thats the real reason that we're fiddling with VPN at this point!

So, any suggestion?

 

[burtsbees]

Have you tried adding a static route in the workstation routing table? I think you can create a batch file and run it...
route delete 0.0.0.0
route add 0.0.0.0 mask 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1
route add 192.168.5.0 mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.5.178
exit
The 192.168.1.1 represents the gateway at your office (on the LAN side).
the 192.168.5.0 represents the remote network, and the 192.168.5.178 would represent the mapped drive, or logical workstation the VPN connects the user to. I admit I am not proficient with Windows Server OS's, but this is just a thought since nobody has answered the post.

Burt

 

[burtsbees]

Sorry, forgot...that was in response to the internet thing you mentioned in the second part of the post.

Burt