Accessing VPN Server shares when logon

pessimizt · 11-27-2007, 09:24 AM

Hi guys,

I'm having a really perculiar problem here. I setup a Windows Server 2003 Standard recently and configured DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, RRAS for VPN. Under the AD, I've also allowed the respective users to access VPN (allow dial-in).

I've got a laptop joined to the domain successfully too and have some drives mapped automatically using a batch script.
On the client side, i've setup the VPN connection successfully (includes windows logon domain). Under the network settings, i've added the VPN Server IP address in the DNS of the VPN connection. My home network is different with my office network.

The problem is this:
When i'm out of office with my laptop, i logon to the domain using my usual login and password (user has local administrative rights). After which, i connect to the VPN using my username, password and domain. It connected without any problems and i received the IP address too. I was able to ping the VPN server and even other computers in the network too. But i simply cant access any resources (mapped drives). Sometimes, it manages to display the contents but most of the time, it simply fails (something like unable to find \\server). Ocassionally, i was able to access the shares using the VPN server IP address (eg. \\192.168.1.254).
The really funny thing is, there is no such problem if i logon the laptop to "This computer" (instead of domain) using administrator or anyone that has login before. I was able to connect to the VPN using the same connection icon and simply entered the password and was able to connect successully. After connecting, i was able to browse the network shares immediately and was also able to ping the VPN server.

Anyone please help me.......

gman86 · 04-02-2008, 05:35 AM

Hi i have a similar Problem with a XP Pro sp2 not being able to mapped a shared drive through a cisco vpn connection although i can also see other devices on the network ping etc, i think issue maybe related to cached creditals which i can clear from control pannel> user accounts and then restart this usually overcomes the problem but i haven' being able to solve this without the restart which is fustrating,
the error message i recieve from cmd prompt is error 67 Network Name cannot be found if that has any relevance

11-27-2007, 09:24 AM	#1 (permalink)
pessimizt Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1 OS: winxp	Accessing VPN Server shares when logon Hi guys, I'm having a really perculiar problem here. I setup a Windows Server 2003 Standard recently and configured DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, RRAS for VPN. Under the AD, I've also allowed the respective users to access VPN (allow dial-in). I've got a laptop joined to the domain successfully too and have some drives mapped automatically using a batch script. On the client side, i've setup the VPN connection successfully (includes windows logon domain). Under the network settings, i've added the VPN Server IP address in the DNS of the VPN connection. My home network is different with my office network. The problem is this: When i'm out of office with my laptop, i logon to the domain using my usual login and password (user has local administrative rights). After which, i connect to the VPN using my username, password and domain. It connected without any problems and i received the IP address too. I was able to ping the VPN server and even other computers in the network too. But i simply cant access any resources (mapped drives). Sometimes, it manages to display the contents but most of the time, it simply fails (something like unable to find \\server). Ocassionally, i was able to access the shares using the VPN server IP address (eg. \\192.168.1.254). The really funny thing is, there is no such problem if i logon the laptop to "This computer" (instead of domain) using administrator or anyone that has login before. I was able to connect to the VPN using the same connection icon and simply entered the password and was able to connect successully. After connecting, i was able to browse the network shares immediately and was also able to ping the VPN server. Anyone please help me.......

04-02-2008, 05:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
gman86 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 7 OS: Vista Home Ultimate, Xp Home Sp2, Xp Pro	Re: Accessing VPN Server shares when logon Hi i have a similar Problem with a XP Pro sp2 not being able to mapped a shared drive through a cisco vpn connection although i can also see other devices on the network ping etc, i think issue maybe related to cached creditals which i can clear from control pannel> user accounts and then restart this usually overcomes the problem but i haven' being able to solve this without the restart which is fustrating, the error message i recieve from cmd prompt is error 67 Network Name cannot be found if that has any relevance