VPN and IIS

[MarkDym]

Hi folks

I have setup a VPN to our network. The network is a single active directory domain environment, and users access the VPN via a RADIUS server (on the domain controller), using their usual username/password/domain information.

I have created a website in IIS that provides links to DFS shares on the domain controller. The domain controller also hosts IIS. I created the site using MS-Word to create a HTML document with hyperlinks which link to the separate shares, then simply added the file to IIS using the New Webpage function.

Accessing this from within the domain works fine, and all the DFS links open in My Computer. However, when I access this via the VPN, although the web page will display, all the links error-out.

I have tried adding the DFS namespace to the lmhosts file using the include feature, but am not sure if this is the right thing to do, or even if I did it correctly.

Can anyone give me some help with this please. I've never used IIS before, and I've done a bit of hunting around on Microsoft's site, but because I am not sure what the problem is, I do not really know what to look for.

Thanks

 

[MarkDym]

Aha! Have just discovered virtual directories. If this is not the way the way forward, then please say so.
Thanks

 

[MarkDym]

Aaarrgghh! Just added the virtual directories which link to the DFS shares and although the groups of folders that the link points to are shown in the right-hand pane when the virtual directory is selected in IIS:

1. I get 403 forbidden error when trying to access it from within the network (I have not tried this using the VPN yet)

2. If I open the properties for the virtual directory, I get a 'The system cannot find the path specified' error when I click OK.

Can anyone help with this please?