patricio2626
Technical User
Hi guys,
Not sure if this is a VPN forum or WS2003 forum question, but:
Pardon the basic questions, I am MCP certified on WS2003, but this is my first time putting it into practice.
I'm now successfully able to VPN into our WS2003 server, and I have a few questions (the client computer is running XP Pro):
1. Why did I have to delete my mapped network drive to our server shared folder just to access it when I'm logged in on VPN? That doesn't seem right; will I have to unmap every time I'm on the road just to be able to access it?
2. When I clicked on the shared folder after accessing it via Network Places -> Entire Network -> Microsoft Windows Network -> Mydomain -> SharedFolder, it requested my username and password, and when I provided this info, it gave me an error message that I could not use this username because it is what I used to log in. I finally went around this by using another administrator username/password (it would accept just anyone's login, only administrators, so how do I allow standard users access to the server over the network?), and now that I try it again (disconnect/connect via VPN), it accesses the folder without the username/password prompt. I suppose it remembers the good credentials that I supplied the first time, and uses those to access it from that point on?
3. (Bear in mind that I'm inside our network with a VPN connection to the server right now): Since I'm inside our network, I can't tell if I actually accessed the shared server folder THROUGH the VPN connection, or through our LAN connection. If I'm on the road and VPN to the server, can I access the shared folder by (My Network Places -> Entire Network -> Microsoft Network -> WorkDomain -> Server -> SharedFolder)? Is that correct? The reason I didn't test outside of the network yet is because I am still figuring out a few firewall issues I'm having. Maybe this will help you to determine if my access was actually through the VPN connection:
ipconfig lists IP addresses for both my LAN connection and for my VPN connection, and in the server, under RRAS -> MyServer -> Remote Access Clients, I am listed there, 1 connection, and it is my username.
Thanks in advance for the help! This real-world experience has been a crash-course and shown me how little I really know, regardless of all my
Not sure if this is a VPN forum or WS2003 forum question, but:
Pardon the basic questions, I am MCP certified on WS2003, but this is my first time putting it into practice.
I'm now successfully able to VPN into our WS2003 server, and I have a few questions (the client computer is running XP Pro):
1. Why did I have to delete my mapped network drive to our server shared folder just to access it when I'm logged in on VPN? That doesn't seem right; will I have to unmap every time I'm on the road just to be able to access it?
2. When I clicked on the shared folder after accessing it via Network Places -> Entire Network -> Microsoft Windows Network -> Mydomain -> SharedFolder, it requested my username and password, and when I provided this info, it gave me an error message that I could not use this username because it is what I used to log in. I finally went around this by using another administrator username/password (it would accept just anyone's login, only administrators, so how do I allow standard users access to the server over the network?), and now that I try it again (disconnect/connect via VPN), it accesses the folder without the username/password prompt. I suppose it remembers the good credentials that I supplied the first time, and uses those to access it from that point on?
3. (Bear in mind that I'm inside our network with a VPN connection to the server right now): Since I'm inside our network, I can't tell if I actually accessed the shared server folder THROUGH the VPN connection, or through our LAN connection. If I'm on the road and VPN to the server, can I access the shared folder by (My Network Places -> Entire Network -> Microsoft Network -> WorkDomain -> Server -> SharedFolder)? Is that correct? The reason I didn't test outside of the network yet is because I am still figuring out a few firewall issues I'm having. Maybe this will help you to determine if my access was actually through the VPN connection:
ipconfig lists IP addresses for both my LAN connection and for my VPN connection, and in the server, under RRAS -> MyServer -> Remote Access Clients, I am listed there, 1 connection, and it is my username.
Thanks in advance for the help! This real-world experience has been a crash-course and shown me how little I really know, regardless of all my
