Topic: VPN authentication.

[GPete]

I have VPN working with network access to the SME server. (network shares) (The SME server and the XP Pro are in  LMHOSTS)
I have an XP Pro joined to the SME domain and logged in with a domain account.
I have file and printer sharing exception checked on the XP Pro Firewall.
When My laptop is physically next to the XP Pro I have network access.
I get access denied when I try to get to the XP Pro thru VPN.

I figure everyone using VPN has solved this problem, but I haven't found a solution.

If I am asking a question that's already answered, please point me in the right direction.

Thanks for any help with this great software

[GPete]

I found a way that wouldn't work in MS. I joined the XP-Home laptop to the SME Workgroup. The XP-Pro workstation is joined to the SME domain.
The SME Server puts them together!! Now I have network access. I still don't have remote access, but I'll bet it is coming.

Great stuff!!

[GPete]

Wow!  Remote works.

I haven't loaded the final version of 7 yet, but for home use with a dynamic IP address, ( where you can't really use Exchange server anyway) this is at least as good as SBS.

Great work!!

[ltam]

I've just got my PPTP tested successfully.  I would like to take full advantage of the services that this setup can offer.  I've read this thread a number of times and still don't quite understand what your setup is.  

The only thing I had to do to make the connection was to make sure the remote PC had the same workgroup.  Once connected, I saw the SME server, printer and the shares.  As for dynamic IP, Dyndns.com can take care of that.


 

[GPete]

The big danger in answering your own questions is that nobody else understands the question or the answer.
     In the first post I listed the things I had done to get network access to the XP-pro workstation that resides behind my SME server. I could see and access shares on the server but I was still denied access to the network shares on the workstation.
     In the second post I detailed the change that allowed network access to the workstation. I still didn't have remote access. In the third post I basically told my betters that I had found my way into remote access.
     The comment about dynamic IP address refers to my experience that most email filters block email from a dynamic address. An exchange server (part of the SBS) that can't send email everywhere is wasted.

[ltam]

...   The comment about dynamic IP address refers to my experience that most email filters block email from a dynamic address. An exchange server (part of the SBS) that can't send email everywhere is wasted.

I didn't know that some mail servers block dynamic ip's.

Cool

[MSmith]

The normal solution to your outgoing email problem would be to set your SBS (or SME, for that matter) to use your ISP's SMTP server for outgoing email.