Topic: Remote access and VPN problem

[Tue Hellstern]

Behind my E-smith server I have a Windows NT 4.0 pc (server1)
I want to be able to connect to this pc, true the internet, from another Windows 2000 pc. The 2 pc are in the same workgroup.
I have set up a VPN connection from the remote pc and the connection goes fine the computer are registered on the network, but I can’t see any other computer’s in the workgroup?

How do I give the remote pc access to the files on the pc, server1?

/Tue

[Tue Hellstern]

Hi, I just got a little bit longer, now I can see the pc, server1, in the workgroup. It must have been some updating there where missing.
But still cant access the pc, I get the message: //server1 is not accessible

Could it then bee a user problem on the server1 pc?

/Tue

[Ray Mitchell]

Dear Tue

You need to log on to your local Win 2000 PC with a user name and password that are valid for accessing the Win NT 4 PC (server1), and of course make sure that the server1 has been shared.

> Behind my E-smith server I have a Windows NT 4.0 pc (server1)
> I want to be able to connect to this pc, true the internet,
> from another Windows 2000 pc.
> I get the message: //server1 is not accessible

Regards
Ray

[Tue Hellstern]

Hi ray,
Thank for your answer.
I’ am using a valid Windows NT 4.0 logon; in fact it is an administrator logon (just for the test). I’ can still see the, Nt 4.0 pc, but when I tried to access it I get the message: “//server1 is not accessible” and on the next line: “The network path was not found”
There are on pc more on the network there is turn on, I think it is running Windows 98, and I get the same message when I try to connect to this one?

/Tue

[Kelvin]

Hi Tue,

2 things here :-

1) Make sure you are not confusing backslash (used for Windows) with forwardslash (used for the web and Linux).

2) If you can ping the NT PC with its IP address then it is likely the problem is WINS resolution (a long standing problem with SME VPN - search the forums). If you can ping the IP address of the NT PC, you should be able to access it via \aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd (where aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd is  the NT PC's IP address) instead of the PC Name since your remote station is W2K.

Kelvin

[Ray Mitchell]

Kelvin is correct there.
Try using something like
net use M: \192.XXX.X.XX\sharename
Ray

[Tue Hellstern]

Thanks it works,
I used "net use" and got my network drive.

/Tue