Topic: Accessing a windoze share through a WAN.

[Laurence Griffiths]

Earlier this week, I installed an SME V5 server at the head office of one of our subsiduary companies in Sydney. These guys are connected to our group head office in Melbourne via a router into the great wild blue yonder.

I added the Melbourne LAN to the list of local LAN on the Sydney server so that I could access the server and manage it from Melbourne. Back in Melbourne, I can send and retrieve email via the Sydney server. I can even access the "server-manager" and make changes. I can copy files to the Sydney server via ftp. I can log into the Sydney server via ssh. But what I can't do is access the ibays as windoze  shares on the Sydney server.

I want to attach a logical drive to an ibay on the Sydney server so that I can update some database files.

Does anybody have any ideas about how I can accomplish this?

Oh! Both servers are set up on different domains.

[Craig Bursey]

Laurence,

Have a look at this posting and see if it helps.

http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=12250.msg46010#msg46010


I'm using it over dedicated circuits and still use the same method.   One important thing that you have to remember to do is;

- Under the E-Smith Manager go to LOCAL NETWORKS

- Add the IP segments of your WAN that you want to have access to that E-Smith Box.

- Then you should be able to map a drive letter using the IP address and Ibay name.


It works for me.  

Craig

[Laurence Griffiths]

Thanks Craig,

I am fairly certain that is exactly what I did. Just to be certain, I am going to try it out again at work on Monday.

I can't help but feel that there is something else that I am missing.

Regards

Laurence

[Laurence Griffiths]

Craig,

I tried what was suggested in the link that you privided and it worked. So for the record, this is what worked:-

net use f: \ip-address\ibay-name

Thanks

Laurence