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Old 03-07-2007   #4 (permalink)
Robert L [MVP - Networking]


 
 

Re: Shared folders on XP/Windows Server 2003 via VPN from Vista

We found, sometimes, the IPv6 of Vista VPN connection might cause the problem to share. Please also try to disable IPv6 in the LAN to see what happens.

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
"Richard_G" <RichardG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A8BF61D1-CAB7-4B1D-9BF3-7913C6160022@microsoft.com...
I have tried disabling IPV6 from the VPN connection to find no noticable
affect: i can still not browse shares. I have not tried disabling IPV6
altogether in Vista - is that what you mean?

"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

> Doesn't seem the routing is issue here because you can ping it. Try to disable IPv6. Please post back with the result.
>
> 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
> "Richard_G" <RichardG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:71354DF0-DBC4-48A4-ABA7-33B48F1779EE@microsoft.com...
> Vista has been working great for me with one major problem:
>
> I have a remote machine running WS2003, and have R&RA configured to allow
> dial-in VPN connections. DHCP is configured for all dial-in IP/DNS/WINS IP
> allocation.
>
> Using the windows XP VPN client I can connect fine to the server. I can also
> browse the servers shares and (granted permissions) browse the contents of
> shared folders.
>
> Using the vista VPN client I can also connect fine. I can ping each machine
> from the end of the tunnel. I cannot access shared folders though, nor browse
> the shares of either machine.
>
> I found a promising update from Microsoft: KB930163. This explained that a
> possible cause of the problem is the incorrect metric of the route to the VPN
> server. However this update did not resolve the problem.
>
> As far as I can see, the only difference of the basic configurable
> properties of the VPN connection on the Vista machine vs XP is the 'automatic
> metric' option in advanced tcp/ip settings. Should this be set manually? My
> concern is that the metric status may be causing the problem - and I'm not
> entirely confident changing that setting.
>
> Any help will be gratefully appreciated.
>
> I have included a grab of netstat -r for reference (please note 63.63.63.63
> is fictional!)
>
> Active Routes:
> Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
> 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.10.1 192.168.10.6 30
> 10.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 10.116.116.3 10.116.116.8 26
> 10.116.116.8 255.255.255.255 On-link 10.116.116.8 281
> 63.63.63.63 255.255.255.255 192.168.10.1 192.168.10.6 31
> 127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
> 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
> 127.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
> 192.168.10.0 255.255.255.0 On-link 192.168.10.6 286
> 192.168.10.6 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.10.6 286
> 192.168.10.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.10.6 286
> 224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
> 224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 192.168.10.6 286
> 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
> 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.10.6 286
> 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 10.116.116

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