Hello,
I have been having fairly decent success with VPN lately but just cannot seem to conquer it.
I have tried using Sonicwall's VPN client with some success
and now am trying to make Win2k's VPN work better than the Sonicwall version did.
This is the problem:
With either VPN's I can get and see a connection, ping anywhere I need, access the exchange server and get mail, and even browse the network and see machines.
Where the problem starts is when I actually try to access a machines I can see in Network Places. I cannot access the servers' (yes they have shared resources) files and directories. I am concentrating on the Win2K solution at the moment. When I try this from home (Win2k Pro on a cable connection) I can again, get mail, see everything, etc, but not access the files. It returns an error saying; "There are currently no logon servers available to service the logon request." My 2000 VPN connection is setup to log onto a domain and I assume it is authenticating or I wouldn't be able to get my mail and see around the network.
The other thing that was strange. I thought maybe my machine at home (where I tried this first) should be changed to the domain name of our company so I attempted (while connected to the VPN) to change the domain name. While it did take my usernane and password for the person who can add machines to the domain, it did not find a server to authenticate, thus failing to change the machine to the domain. My boss was able to change his home machine to log onto our domain but still could not access the files.
When I came in this morning after being away for a week my boss and I tried it together on a laptop that has been a member of the network before this and we were able to access the files! Horay, success!!!! The only thing I can think of is that the laptop had a cached account from previously logging onto the domain when it is here at the office. ( I always log onto the domain with it, whether I am connected or not)
As of now the VPN is usefull for mail (very important) but I canot make full use of the file access privelages that it should. The laptop is OK but does everyone have to bring in their machines to join the domain in the office and get a cach account started to ba able to make use.
Any help would be much appreciated.
This is long winded but I see a lot of threads that the helper has to ask so many questions before any answers.
I have been having fairly decent success with VPN lately but just cannot seem to conquer it.
I have tried using Sonicwall's VPN client with some success
and now am trying to make Win2k's VPN work better than the Sonicwall version did.
This is the problem:
With either VPN's I can get and see a connection, ping anywhere I need, access the exchange server and get mail, and even browse the network and see machines.
Where the problem starts is when I actually try to access a machines I can see in Network Places. I cannot access the servers' (yes they have shared resources) files and directories. I am concentrating on the Win2K solution at the moment. When I try this from home (Win2k Pro on a cable connection) I can again, get mail, see everything, etc, but not access the files. It returns an error saying; "There are currently no logon servers available to service the logon request." My 2000 VPN connection is setup to log onto a domain and I assume it is authenticating or I wouldn't be able to get my mail and see around the network.
The other thing that was strange. I thought maybe my machine at home (where I tried this first) should be changed to the domain name of our company so I attempted (while connected to the VPN) to change the domain name. While it did take my usernane and password for the person who can add machines to the domain, it did not find a server to authenticate, thus failing to change the machine to the domain. My boss was able to change his home machine to log onto our domain but still could not access the files.
When I came in this morning after being away for a week my boss and I tried it together on a laptop that has been a member of the network before this and we were able to access the files! Horay, success!!!! The only thing I can think of is that the laptop had a cached account from previously logging onto the domain when it is here at the office. ( I always log onto the domain with it, whether I am connected or not)
As of now the VPN is usefull for mail (very important) but I canot make full use of the file access privelages that it should. The laptop is OK but does everyone have to bring in their machines to join the domain in the office and get a cach account started to ba able to make use.
Any help would be much appreciated.
This is long winded but I see a lot of threads that the helper has to ask so many questions before any answers.
