IP Address Work Around to Access VPN

[Miked811]

Hi,

I would just like to know if there is a work around to this problem.

I can connect to our VPN and access all resources in our 7 servers.

The problem is, I need to enter the internal IP address of each resource that I want to access:

i.e.

\\10.0.0.23\share or

http://10.0.0.23/myinternalweb

What I want to do is use the server name to access the resources:

i.e.

\\servername\share or

http://servername/myinternalweb

There is no DNS server configured in our Network. I also have added the server names in the HOSTS file of each server to no avail. Please help. Thanks in advance.

Mike

 

[LarryTheCucumber]

Have you added to the servers hosts file or your VPN workstation's hosts file? I can't tell by your statement.

If you add the names and ip addresses to your VPN workstation's hosts file it should work.

 

[Miked811]

Hi LarryTheCucumber,

I only added the names and ip in the 7 servers hosts file which did not work.

After adding the names and ip to the workstations hosts file per your suggestion, it worked.

Thank you very much for your help.

Mike

 

[burtsbees]

Mike---give the man a star!

Burt