newbie windows server 2003 vpn setup question

Our IT guy is in the hospital and he recently changed our server to windows
2003 and forgot to set up the vpn. I thought I had figured out how, I
enabled the port forwarding on the router and set up a couple of users to
have vpn access. When I try to VPN from home it authenticates fine but i
can't see any of the shared folders on the network. please help, sorry for
the lack of information but I don't know too much about what i'm doing.

Thanks in advance

can you ping the remote pc? this step by step how to browse over VPN may help, http://www.howtonetworking.com/VPN/browsingovervpn0.htm

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Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
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"ms" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:%234Yg9u$(E-Mail Removed)...
Our IT guy is in the hospital and he recently changed our server to windows
2003 and forgot to set up the vpn. I thought I had figured out how, I
enabled the port forwarding on the router and set up a couple of users to
have vpn access. When I try to VPN from home it authenticates fine but i
can't see any of the shared folders on the network. please help, sorry for
the lack of information but I don't know too much about what i'm doing.

Thanks in advance

when i look at the status of the connection it says that the servers ip is 192.168.1.9 which i can ping, but the actual ip of the server is 192.168.1.205, which i can't ping.
"Robert L [MS-MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:ulEkN0$(E-Mail Removed)...
can you ping the remote pc? this step by step how to browse over VPN may help, http://www.howtonetworking.com/VPN/browsingovervpn0.htm

Don't send e-mail or reply to me except you need consulting services. Posting on MS newsgroup will benefit all readers and you may get more help.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
How to Setup Windows, Network, Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties.
I recommend Brinkster for web hosting!

"ms" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:%234Yg9u$(E-Mail Removed)...
Our IT guy is in the hospital and he recently changed our server to windows
2003 and forgot to set up the vpn. I thought I had figured out how, I
enabled the port forwarding on the router and set up a couple of users to
have vpn access. When I try to VPN from home it authenticates fine but i
can't see any of the shared folders on the network. please help, sorry for
the lack of information but I don't know too much about what i'm doing.

Thanks in advance

quoted from http://www.ChicagoTech.net "VPN server is a Virtual Multihomed Server". meaning even you have just one NIC on the vpn server, after establishing the vpn, it ads another PPTP and IP. If you have correct configuration, you should be able to ping both IPs.
For more and other information, go to http://howtonetworking.com.

Don't send e-mail or reply to me except you need consulting services. Posting on MS newsgroup will benefit all readers and you may get more help.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
How to Setup Windows, Network, Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties.
I recommend Brinkster for web hosting!

"ms" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:Om%(E-Mail Removed)...
when i look at the status of the connection it says that the servers ip is 192.168.1.9 which i can ping, but the actual ip of the server is 192.168.1.205, which i can't ping.
"Robert L [MS-MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:ulEkN0$(E-Mail Removed)...
can you ping the remote pc? this step by step how to browse over VPN may help, http://www.howtonetworking.com/VPN/browsingovervpn0.htm

Don't send e-mail or reply to me except you need consulting services. Posting on MS newsgroup will benefit all readers and you may get more help.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
How to Setup Windows, Network, Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties.
I recommend Brinkster for web hosting!

"ms" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:%234Yg9u$(E-Mail Removed)...
Our IT guy is in the hospital and he recently changed our server to windows
2003 and forgot to set up the vpn. I thought I had figured out how, I
enabled the port forwarding on the router and set up a couple of users to
have vpn access. When I try to VPN from home it authenticates fine but i
can't see any of the shared folders on the network. please help, sorry for
the lack of information but I don't know too much about what i'm doing.

Thanks in advance