Server 2003 VPN issues

This is my first attempt at setting up a VPN. The host computer is a
Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition R2. It has a static Internet IP
address. I can connect to the server just fine from the Vista client,
but I am unable to view any network resources. Any help would be
appreciated. If there is any other information you need, I'll post it.

Thank you

Eric

Edit: Adding a little more information. I brought this server home to
work on it, and I am experiencing another problem that is most likely
related. With 3 different computers setup on the same workgroup (XP
Pro, Vista Home Premium, and the 2003 server machine) I cannot view
shared folders between the Vista and 2003 machine, but I can access the
shared resources on the Vista machine and the 2003 machine from the XP
machine. All three can ping each other. When attempting to access the
vista machine from the 2003 server via the //computername command, I get
the error "No Network Provider Accepted the Given Path"


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A VPN connection is a simple point-to-point-connection. It is not the same
thing as an Ethernet network connection.

On Ethernet, Netbios name resolution works by LAN broadcast by default
(and so does the computer browser service). This does not happen over a VPN
link. If you have DNS on the LAN, the VPN client should be able to use that.
If you have WINS on the LAN the VPN client can use that. If you don't have
either DNS or WINS you will have to fall back to HOSTS or LMHOSTS files to
get name resolution, but computer browsing probably won't work.

Once you have name resolution working you should be able to see shares
on LAN machines using net view \\machinename and map them using net use
\\machinename\sharename .

"eric426" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> This is my first attempt at setting up a VPN. The host computer is a
> Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition R2. It has a static Internet IP
> address. I can connect to the server just fine from the Vista client,
> but I am unable to view any network resources. Any help would be
> appreciated. If there is any other information you need, I'll post it.
>
> Thank you
>
> Eric
>
> Edit: Adding a little more information. I brought this server home to
> work on it, and I am experiencing another problem that is most likely
> related. With 3 different computers setup on the same workgroup (XP
> Pro, Vista Home Premium, and the 2003 server machine) I cannot view
> shared folders between the Vista and 2003 machine, but I can access the
> shared resources on the Vista machine and the 2003 machine from the XP
> machine. All three can ping each other. When attempting to access the
> vista machine from the 2003 server via the //computername command, I get
> the error "No Network Provider Accepted the Given Path"
>
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How would it pull the shared directorys on the VPN connection if it
won't do it through the lan?

Bill Grant;3318764 Wrote:
> A VPN connection is a simple point-to-point-connection. It is not the
> same
> thing as an Ethernet network connection.
>
> On Ethernet, Netbios name resolution works by LAN broadcast by default
> (and so does the computer browser service). This does not happen over a
> VPN
> link. If you have DNS on the LAN, the VPN client should be able to use
> that.
> If you have WINS on the LAN the VPN client can use that. If you don't
> have
> either DNS or WINS you will have to fall back to HOSTS or LMHOSTS files
> to
> get name resolution, but computer browsing probably won't work.
>
> Once you have name resolution working you should be able to see shares
> on LAN machines using net view \\machinename and map them using net
> use
> \\machinename\sharename .
>
> "eric426" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> > This is my first attempt at setting up a VPN. The host computer is
> a
> > Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition R2. It has a static Internet IP
> > address. I can connect to the server just fine from the Vista
> client,
> > but I am unable to view any network resources. Any help would be
> > appreciated. If there is any other information you need, I'll post
> it.
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > Eric
> >
> > Edit: Adding a little more information. I brought this server home
> to
> > work on it, and I am experiencing another problem that is most
> likely
> > related. With 3 different computers setup on the same workgroup (XP
> > Pro, Vista Home Premium, and the 2003 server machine) I cannot view
> > shared folders between the Vista and 2003 machine, but I can access
> the
> > shared resources on the Vista machine and the 2003 machine from the
> XP
> > machine. All three can ping each other. When attempting to access
> the
> > vista machine from the 2003 server via the //computername command, I
> get
> > the error "No Network Provider Accepted the Given Path"
> >
> >
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That is a completely different problem and has nothing to do with VPN.

Have you enabled sharing of public files in Vista? Can you see the
public files from the XP/Server2003 machines?


"eric426" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> How would it pull the shared directorys on the VPN connection if it
> won't do it through the lan?
>
> Bill Grant;3318764 Wrote:
>> A VPN connection is a simple point-to-point-connection. It is not the
>> same
>> thing as an Ethernet network connection.
>>
>> On Ethernet, Netbios name resolution works by LAN broadcast by default
>> (and so does the computer browser service). This does not happen over a
>> VPN
>> link. If you have DNS on the LAN, the VPN client should be able to use
>> that.
>> If you have WINS on the LAN the VPN client can use that. If you don't
>> have
>> either DNS or WINS you will have to fall back to HOSTS or LMHOSTS files
>> to
>> get name resolution, but computer browsing probably won't work.
>>
>> Once you have name resolution working you should be able to see shares
>> on LAN machines using net view \\machinename and map them using net
>> use
>> \\machinename\sharename .
>>
>> "eric426" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >
>> > This is my first attempt at setting up a VPN. The host computer is
>> a
>> > Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition R2. It has a static Internet IP
>> > address. I can connect to the server just fine from the Vista
>> client,
>> > but I am unable to view any network resources. Any help would be
>> > appreciated. If there is any other information you need, I'll post
>> it.
>> >
>> > Thank you
>> >
>> > Eric
>> >
>> > Edit: Adding a little more information. I brought this server home
>> to
>> > work on it, and I am experiencing another problem that is most
>> likely
>> > related. With 3 different computers setup on the same workgroup (XP
>> > Pro, Vista Home Premium, and the 2003 server machine) I cannot view
>> > shared folders between the Vista and 2003 machine, but I can access
>> the
>> > shared resources on the Vista machine and the 2003 machine from the
>> XP
>> > machine. All three can ping each other. When attempting to access
>> the
>> > vista machine from the 2003 server via the //computername command, I
>> get
>> > the error "No Network Provider Accepted the Given Path"
>> >
>> >
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