RRAS Question

[calvinX]

Hi everyone,

I have setup a VPN to a windows 2000 server (RRAS) and have enabled this server as a WINS server. Apparently this is supposed to allow me to browse the network remotely.

I can PING from the remote client to the VPN server no problem, but I cannot PING to any other machine on the internal LAN. The WINS database does resolve the computer names to IP addresses for me but the PING's timeout.

Do I need to setup IP Routing or something like that? How do I do that if I do?

Thanks

 

[trevthetec]

Hi,

There are several things to check:
make sure the client is is set for Entire Network for the LAN protocols being used.

Check the addresses in the IP address. You may need to add a static route or enable RIP or OSPF. If DHCP is being used and no DHCP server is available or correctly configured or out of addresses, then you may get an auto address in 169.254.0.0/16 range in which case a route will also need to be added. This is all done in the RRAS snap-in.

Hope this helps.

 

[calvinX]

Thanks for the reply,

I setup the RRAS server to hand out IPs from a static pool that is the same range as the IPs we are using on the internal LAN (192.162.1.xxx) and this allowed me to ping the other machines. This still does not allow me to "Browse the network".

It was handing out the 169.254.x.x range before and that I think that was part of the problem.

 

[trevthetec]

I have set up a little test network, and I also cannot browse. I have been able to map a network drive though. Have you tried this?