I can connect to my work network with the vpn. However, I am not able to
access the folders on the network. Is there some setting causing this
problem? Would appreciate any help you can offer.

I have XP Home on my computer.

"Duk" wrote:

> I can connect to my work network with the vpn. However, I am not able to
> access the folders on the network. Is there some setting causing this
> problem? Would appreciate any help you can offer.

Browsing over VPN is popular issue. Can you access the shared folders using IP?

Computer browser over VPN Computer browsing over VPN involves routers, multiple segments and ... Alternatively, it is possible to browse over VPN by using LMHOSTS files on all VPN ...
www.howtonetworking.com/VPN/browsingovervpn0.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Duk" <Duk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3AE6B717-61F1-446D-91A5-42F41FF34F69@microsoft.com...
I can connect to my work network with the vpn. However, I am not able to
access the folders on the network. Is there some setting causing this
problem? Would appreciate any help you can offer.

Robert

Thanks for the response. After several hours of trial and error, I was able
to make it work. I set up a workgroup with the same name as my work server.
Then I changed the firewall settings for my work IP address to allow the
various data transfer.

"Robert L [MS-MVP]" wrote:

> Browsing over VPN is popular issue. Can you access the shared folders using IP?
>
> Computer browser over VPN Computer browsing over VPN involves routers, multiple segments and ... Alternatively, it is possible to browse over VPN by using LMHOSTS files on all VPN ...
> www.howtonetworking.com/VPN/browsingovervpn0.htm
>
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "Duk" <Duk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3AE6B717-61F1-446D-91A5-42F41FF34F69@microsoft.com...
> I can connect to my work network with the vpn. However, I am not able to
> access the folders on the network. Is there some setting causing this
> problem? Would appreciate any help you can offer

Thank you for the update.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Duk" <Duk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news5DD329B-CE5B-4AB3-87C2-AD918A55224E@microsoft.com...
Robert

Thanks for the response. After several hours of trial and error, I was able
to make it work. I set up a workgroup with the same name as my work server.
Then I changed the firewall settings for my work IP address to allow the
various data transfer.

"Robert L [MS-MVP]" wrote:

> Browsing over VPN is popular issue. Can you access the shared folders using IP?
>
> Computer browser over VPN Computer browsing over VPN involves routers, multiple segments and ... Alternatively, it is possible to browse over VPN by using LMHOSTS files on all VPN ...
> www.howtonetworking.com/VPN/browsingovervpn0.htm
>
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "Duk" <Duk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3AE6B717-61F1-446D-91A5-42F41FF34F69@microsoft.com...
> I can connect to my work network with the vpn. However, I am not able to
> access the folders on the network. Is there some setting causing this
> problem? Would appreciate any help you can offer