VPN connection established but cannot access folders...?

I setted up my vpn with microsoft server2003. Everything seems routed and
configured fine,even the ports are open on the router. Tests show that
everyone can connect with a vpn connection just fine. When it comes to open a
shared folder it stops . It says:

\\server2003\\folder is not accessible. You might not have permission to use
this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out
if you have access permission. Access Denied.

Well i contacted my admin, me I set every group every user to have full
access which seems to be a security threat but its not working.

The machines that try to connect are mostly windows xp pro versions.

I'm assuming you actually mean \\server2003\folder with
one slash...

Generally you can't use netbios names over a vpn
connection without specifying wins settings. try
connecting to \\server2003.fqdn\folder.

Alternativly you may already have wins setup and it is a
different issue.

Tony.


>-----Original Message-----
>I setted up my vpn with microsoft server2003. Everything
seems routed and
>configured fine,even the ports are open on the router.
Tests show that
>everyone can connect with a vpn connection just fine.
When it comes to open a
>shared folder it stops . It says:
>
>\\server2003\\folder is not accessible. You might not
have permission to use
>this network resource. Contact the administrator of this
server to find out
>if you have access permission. Access Denied.
>
>Well i contacted my admin, me I set every group every
user to have full
>access which seems to be a security threat but its not
working.
>
>The machines that try to connect are mostly windows xp
pro versions.
>.
>

To expand on what Tony said, you can't rely on Netbios names because the
connection doesn't carry LAN broadcasts. If you have WINS running on the
LAN, this should work because the client will get the WINS address when it
connects.

If the LAN is running DNS, using the fqdn as Tony suggests should work.
If this is working, you can get it to work with just the server name if you
set the correct dns suffix in the client's connection properties. That is,
if server2003.mydomain.local works, just server2003 will work if the client
has mydomain.local set as its domain suffix for the connection.

"Tony Roberts" <_(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:248b01c4aab6$f76556c0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I'm assuming you actually mean \\server2003\folder with
> one slash...
>
> Generally you can't use netbios names over a vpn
> connection without specifying wins settings. try
> connecting to \\server2003.fqdn\folder.
>
> Alternativly you may already have wins setup and it is a
> different issue.
>
> Tony.
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I setted up my vpn with microsoft server2003. Everything
> seems routed and
>>configured fine,even the ports are open on the router.
> Tests show that
>>everyone can connect with a vpn connection just fine.
> When it comes to open a
>>shared folder it stops . It says:
>>
>>\\server2003\\folder is not accessible. You might not
> have permission to use
>>this network resource. Contact the administrator of this
> server to find out
>>if you have access permission. Access Denied.
>>
>>Well i contacted my admin, me I set every group every
> user to have full
>>access which seems to be a security threat but its not
> working.
>>
>>The machines that try to connect are mostly windows xp
> pro versions.
>>.
>>

Thx guys for your answer. It seems not the problem. Oh and yes only one slash


I posted a new message because i want to start over, just in case i set
something wrong. Maybe you guys could help me out ther. Just search for name
ralph macdouglas and you will find it. Its about 3d rendering over the
internet.

Thx a lot

ralph macdouglas