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transfering files via cisco vpn

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Teckymk2

IS-IT--Management
Nov 7, 2007
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Hi all,

i am trying to transfer files from a xp machine through a vpn connection to a windows server 2000 machine (using remote desktop)

i have tried doing \\192.3\c$ etc and i cannot transfer, the server does not have the internet and the user is refusing to place the files on it because it will cost his company due to their IT being out sourced.

i thought the FTP/TFTP might work but that didnt either.

Any ideas???

Stu
 
Do they have any internet computers on the same network as their 2000 server? If so, then why not transfer the files to it, then from there transfer them to the server? That's too easy, so I may be missing something...at least one of their computers should have internet, in which case you could ftp (not through the vpn)...

Burt
 
hi burt,

the 2 servers we need dont have the internet and they wont allow us access to any other server because they are not related to us

Stu
 
In what way are they being blocked from internet access? No default gateway? If that is the case then you won't be able to contact them via a vpn.
 
hi i think it is just not set up on them, i am connecting using cisco vpn then loggin on using remote management. this is my first vpn so not too sure what i should try next
 
It sounds like you don't have permissions on their domain to access that share. Remember, when you VPN, you may be using domain credentials, but that does not log you into a domain. Try accessing the admin share and see if you get a login prompt: //ip_address/ipc$

It should prompt you for creds, once you log in on that domain, you should be able to access drives that you have permissions to.

If it is not a domain, the same rules can apply, you would have to use a login that is local to that machine (and has the correct permissions).
 
Gaaa! Too much *NIX. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.
 
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