computer missing from network

I have a user who is connected to our 2000 server through a VPN.

I have setup a shared printer on his machine and I am trying to connect to
his computer from the server so when he is loged on to the server he can
print to his printer.

When I do a search for his computers IP address from the server it can not
find the workstation.

I can ping the workstation from the server and I can also remote desktop to
it using the IP address but can not find it to connect to the printer.

I have also tried adding the printer using the add new printer wizard with
the same result in that it can not find the computer.

Can anyone offer any suggestions.

Thanks

Mark

That is pretty much what I would expect. That sort of thing usually
works using Netbios names and the computer browser service, which rely on
LAN broadcasts. The VPN client is not on the LAN so the machines on the LAN
don't know about it. (Broadcasts usually don't cross routers or WAN links).

If you have WINS running, setting up the VPN client as a WINS client
might do it for you.

Mark wrote:
> I have a user who is connected to our 2000 server through a VPN.
>
> I have setup a shared printer on his machine and I am trying to
> connect to his computer from the server so when he is loged on to the
> server he can print to his printer.
>
> When I do a search for his computers IP address from the server it
> can not find the workstation.
>
> I can ping the workstation from the server and I can also remote
> desktop to it using the IP address but can not find it to connect to
> the printer.
>
> I have also tried adding the printer using the add new printer wizard
> with the same result in that it can not find the computer.
>
> Can anyone offer any suggestions.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mark

Hello Bill

Sorry about the delay.

i have setup the WINS server and have connected the VPN clients to it.
The server can ping the workstation by name and can remote desktop to it by
name also. From the work station is can coonect to the server by name or IP
address but I can not find the workstation from the server when I search for
it by either name or IP address.

We have more than one VPN client to the server. All the other VPN clients I
can connect to from the server by searching for the Ip address. It is just
this one which is giving me trouble.

Thanks

Mark

"Bill Grant" wrote:

> That is pretty much what I would expect. That sort of thing usually
> works using Netbios names and the computer browser service, which rely on
> LAN broadcasts. The VPN client is not on the LAN so the machines on the LAN
> don't know about it. (Broadcasts usually don't cross routers or WAN links).
>
> If you have WINS running, setting up the VPN client as a WINS client
> might do it for you.
>
> Mark wrote:
> > I have a user who is connected to our 2000 server through a VPN.
> >
> > I have setup a shared printer on his machine and I am trying to
> > connect to his computer from the server so when he is loged on to the
> > server he can print to his printer.
> >
> > When I do a search for his computers IP address from the server it
> > can not find the workstation.
> >
> > I can ping the workstation from the server and I can also remote
> > desktop to it using the IP address but can not find it to connect to
> > the printer.
> >
> > I have also tried adding the printer using the add new printer wizard
> > with the same result in that it can not find the computer.
> >
> > Can anyone offer any suggestions.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Mark
>
>
>