Copying files over a wan in widows 2000 server

[lfcchamps]

We are just in the process of setting up a wan between skoke and manchester we have bult two 2000 servers. we have tested the active directory replication over the wan and it works fine we can ping all our routers in the wan and connect anywere over the network with win vnc. We are running a 100mg network either end with 10mg routers with a 128kb isdn link between stoke and manchester but When we try to copy over a file from one server to the next, over the wan we gat an error message cannot copy, file name, specifed network name is no longer availbe the file is a database. Size 152Mb any one got any idears G

 

[Titleist]

lfcchamps,
It could be conflicts with MTU sizes over the WAN.Check out

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q301337

HTH
John

 

[tom11011]

If the ends are firewalled, you could open port 139 on both ends. This is HIGHLY NOT RECOMMENDED. What you need is to VPN your connection and then you don't have to worry about what ports are open.