can't map drives over multi-home network (VPN)

Hello all,

I'm currently experimenting with two Linksys BEFSX 41 hardware
routers because I want to setup a VPN to connect two small networks
over the internet.

One network is 192.168.1.X, the other is 192.168.2.X.
Both networks are workgroup-based (no domain server or DNS).

The VPN is working, and I can PING all somputers in the remote
network and vice versa. I can't map any drives with my Windows
XP and 2000 though, not even by IP address. I get errors like
"server not found".


I've also tried to enter the IP addresses of the remote servers
into HOSTS and LMHOSTS to no avail.

Any clues?

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Arthur Hoornweg wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm currently experimenting with two Linksys BEFSX 41 hardware
> routers because I want to setup a VPN to connect two small networks
> over the internet.
>
> One network is 192.168.1.X, the other is 192.168.2.X.
> Both networks are workgroup-based (no domain server or DNS).
>
> The VPN is working, and I can PING all somputers in the remote
> network and vice versa. I can't map any drives with my Windows
> XP and 2000 though, not even by IP address. I get errors like
> "server not found".
>
>
> I've also tried to enter the IP addresses of the remote servers
> into HOSTS and LMHOSTS to no avail.
>
> Any clues?

what do you receive if use net view \\hostname?

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"Arthur Hoornweg" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello all,
>
> I'm currently experimenting with two Linksys BEFSX 41 hardware
> routers because I want to setup a VPN to connect two small networks
> over the internet.
>
> One network is 192.168.1.X, the other is 192.168.2.X.
> Both networks are workgroup-based (no domain server or DNS).
>
> The VPN is working, and I can PING all somputers in the remote
> network and vice versa. I can't map any drives with my Windows
> XP and 2000 though, not even by IP address. I get errors like
> "server not found".
>
>
> I've also tried to enter the IP addresses of the remote servers
> into HOSTS and LMHOSTS to no avail.
>
> Any clues?
>
> --
> Arthur Hoornweg
> (please remove the ".net" from my e-mail address.
> I had to take this measure to counteract SPAM
> flooding my mail box)

Found the issue, it was the damn Windows XP SP-2 firewall!
By default it allows only connections from the current subnet...


--
Arthur Hoornweg
(please remove the ".net" from my e-mail address.
I had to take this measure to counteract SPAM
flooding my mail box)

thanks for the update.


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"Arthur Hoornweg" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Found the issue, it was the damn Windows XP SP-2 firewall!
> By default it allows only connections from the current subnet...
>
>
> --
> Arthur Hoornweg
> (please remove the ".net" from my e-mail address.
> I had to take this measure to counteract SPAM
> flooding my mail box)