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03-11-2008
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| | Vista Networking problem with VPN Hello all, I have a home network configured with two PC's, one runs Vista, the other Win XP. I use the Vista machine daily to communicate remotely with my employer through a VPN connection. I have a networked drive mapped to one of the remote network servers and also have a hyperlink to the same location in IE. This has worked fine for 2 months. Today, although I was succesfully logged into the remote network through VPN (I could access all other network resources, applications, etc.) the links that mapped to a specific server kept aborting because Windows coud not locate the network address. First impression was that the server was down but for the heck of it I went to the XP machine and bingo, that hard link worked fine. So...the mystery, why can't Vista resolve this address anymore? Nothing has changed, the links are in the proper format \\server\loc\loc etc. (besides, they have worked for months). It can't be my network because the other PC still locates the server just fine. Also, I am able to ping the server from command line using the Vista machine. Strange problem but anyone got any ideas or settings I can check? |
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03-12-2008
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| | Re: Vista Networking problem with VPN Can you ping the XP by IP? If yes, can you net view \\xpipaddress? -- 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 "David" <David@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:7C57F99F-7752-432C-B62C-53591BD7C516@xxxxxx Quote: > Hello all, I have a home network configured with two PC's, one runs Vista, > the other Win XP. I use the Vista machine daily to communicate remotely > with > my employer through a VPN connection. I have a networked drive mapped to > one > of the remote network servers and also have a hyperlink to the same > location > in IE. This has worked fine for 2 months. > > Today, although I was succesfully logged into the remote network through > VPN > (I could access all other network resources, applications, etc.) the links > that mapped to a specific server kept aborting because Windows coud not > locate the network address. > > First impression was that the server was down but for the heck of it I > went > to the XP machine and bingo, that hard link worked fine. So...the mystery, > why can't Vista resolve this address anymore? Nothing has changed, the > links > are in the proper format \\server\loc\loc etc. (besides, they have worked > for > months). It can't be my network because the other PC still locates the > server > just fine. Also, I am able to ping the server from command line using the > Vista machine. > > Strange problem but anyone got any ideas or settings I can check? |
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03-13-2008
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| | Re: Vista Networking problem with VPN Hi Bob, I'm not sure I'm following you. The problem is not with communication between the two PC's in my local network. It is that the Vista machine no longer will interpret the server address of a remote server over the VPN network. As I mentioned this has worked for months and now....poof, the Vista machine won't resolve the server paths anymore.....only thing that happened to my PC....time change for DST I even did a restore to last week when I know everything was working and nothing. "Robert L. (MS-MVP)" wrote: Quote: > Can you ping the XP by IP? If yes, can you net view \\xpipaddress? > > -- > 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 > "David" <David@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:7C57F99F-7752-432C-B62C-53591BD7C516@xxxxxx Quote: > > Hello all, I have a home network configured with two PC's, one runs Vista, > > the other Win XP. I use the Vista machine daily to communicate remotely > > with > > my employer through a VPN connection. I have a networked drive mapped to > > one > > of the remote network servers and also have a hyperlink to the same > > location > > in IE. This has worked fine for 2 months. > > > > Today, although I was succesfully logged into the remote network through > > VPN > > (I could access all other network resources, applications, etc.) the links > > that mapped to a specific server kept aborting because Windows coud not > > locate the network address. > > > > First impression was that the server was down but for the heck of it I > > went > > to the XP machine and bingo, that hard link worked fine. So...the mystery, > > why can't Vista resolve this address anymore? Nothing has changed, the > > links > > are in the proper format \\server\loc\loc etc. (besides, they have worked > > for > > months). It can't be my network because the other PC still locates the > > server > > just fine. Also, I am able to ping the server from command line using the > > Vista machine. > > > > Strange problem but anyone got any ideas or settings I can check? > |
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