Stuart [MVP]

The article below may (or may not) be related to your problem. Take a look
and let us know:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b/899148/en-us

Regards,

Stuart.
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"Rolf Barbakken" wrote:

> No ideas, I'm afraid, but you are not alone. Many others experience the
> same. Search this NG for my enquiry into the same problem.
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> Rolf
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> "msnews.microsoft.com" <robert.fischer@informatik.fh-nuernberg.de> wrote in
> message news:uNovg0dLHHA.3952@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> > Dear experts
> >
> >
> > I have a problem accessing any network shares from "outside the LAN"
> > "Windos Server 2003"-systems with a "Windows Vista"-system:
> >
> > Detailed description:
> > I have a LAN behind a ADSL-Router and in this LAN there are
> > Vista-Vista-WS1: A Windows Vista Business Edition x64 (English)(current
> > patch level)
> > Vista-WS2: A Windows Vista Business Edition x86 (German)(current
> > patch level)
> > Vista-WS3: A Windows Vista Business Edition x86
> > (English)(current patch level) in a Virtual Machine
> > XP-WS: A Windows XP Professional Edition x86
> > (English)(current patch level)
> > Srv-LAN: A Windows Server 2003 R2 x86 (English)(current
> > patch level) in a Virtual Machine
> > The Windows Server is configured as domain
> > controller, VPN-Server, DNS-Server, File-Server
> >
> > I have a workplace environment in another site which can be accessed over
> > VPN:
> > DC-WAN: A Windows Server 2003 R2 x86 (English)(current patch
> > level) as Domain Controller
> > Exchange-WAN: A Windows Server 2003 R2 x86 (English)(current patch level)
> > as Exchange Server
> > FS-WAN: A Windows Server 2003 R2 x86 (English)(current patch
> > level) as File Server
> > VPN-WAN: A Windows Server 2003 R2 x86 (English)(current patch
> > level) as VPN-Server
> > Web-WAN: A Windows Server 2003 R2 x86 (English)(current patch
> > level) as Web-Server
> >
> > Vista-WS1, Vista-WS2, Vista-WS3, XP-WS
> > can successfully connect over VPN with Srv-LAN and can
> > successfully map any share from Srv-LAN
> > Vista-WS1, Vista-WS2, Vista-WS3, XP-WS can successfully connect over VPN
> > with VPN-WAN
> > Vista-WS1, Vista-WS2, Vista-WS3, XP-WS can successfully connect with the
> > Exchange Server Exchange-WAN
> > Vista-WS1, Vista-WS2, Vista-WS3, XP-WS can successfully connect with the
> > Web Server Web-WAN
> > Vista-WS1, Vista-WS2, Vista-WS3 always fail to map any share from FS-WAN
> > XP-WS can successfully map any share from FS-WAN
> >
> >
> > Error messages:
> > c:\> net use x: \\<fqdn>\share
> > "System error 1214 has occured. The format of the specified network name
> > is invalid."
> > c:\> net use x: \\<NetBIOS-Name>\share
> > "System error 53 has occured. The network path was not found."
> > c:\> net use x: \\<IP-address>\share
> > "System error 53 has occured. The network path was not found."
> >
> >
> > Any ideas?
> > Thanks for your support in advance!
> >
> > Dear regards and a happy new year... :-)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Robert Fischer
> >
> >
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