WAG is a "wild-ass guess" and SWAG is a "scientific wild-ass guess."
At the risk of a WAG, I'd like to suggest a dumb question: Is there a
firewall present that restricts the scope of allowed IP addresses?
If so, maybe that could be your problem. Just a guess, maybe wrong.
"Jerry" <> wrote in message
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> i am reposting this question here in hopes of getting an answser. I
posted
> it in the "Networki & Sharing" section a few weeks ago, and got no reply.
>
> Here's the situation:
>
> I regularly use a VPN connection to log in remotely to my office server.
> This works flawlessly on XP Pro,and I can see the entire network, share
files
> and upload and download to our server, and to other shares (e.g., NAS and
> other desktops that are open) on the network. i can do this from home on
my
> desktop, or using my laptop from just about anywhere in the world. As
long
> as the computer is part of the office domain, and I log on with my proper
> user name and password, I can browse to my heart's content and work with
> files all over the network, load Outlook remotely (we use Exchange Server)
> and get office e-mail from wherever I happen to be outside the office.
>
> i am using an extra computer at home now with Vista installed as a test
> platform. I belive I've installed everything correctly, and I have joined
> the office domain (I did this at the office when I set up the machine
before
> bringing it home). Vista tells me the computer is properly a member of
the
> office domain, just as it's displayed on my other XP Pro machines.
>
> I have been able to set up a VPN connection to my work server using
Vista's
> "Network Connection Wizard". I can log onto the network (or at least
Vista
> tells me it's logged on and "connected" to "work"). Interestingly, it
never
> prompts me for a password, even though I have it set to do that. When I
> click "Connect to Work" in networking, it simply says "Connected to Work."
>
> The problem is that I can't see the network at work. Not at all. No
> server, no shares, nothing on the domain at all using Windows Explorer.
I
> havent' tried using IE to try to browse the network but it's my next step
(I
> doubt it will work, but you never know).
>
> Whether I'm "connected" to work or not, I am able to see all of the
> computers located at my home,. regardless of whether they are part of the
> office domain or simply part of my home network (I have three machines
which
> are work domain related, and four others that are part of the "Home"
> workgroup, some of which are XP Home and thus incapable of joining or
> belonging to a domain.
>
> But I just can't see anything on my work domain computers or server.
>
> My vista computer says that it's part of the work domain (I joined it
while
> connected directly to the work net with the computer physically attached
to
> the network before i brought it home, so i know it's part of the proper
> domain).
>
> What is the deal with Vista and remote browsing of a domain? Can anyone
> explain how I can browse my office network and actually use Vista with my
> office server?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Basically, I don't know if this is a VPN question/issue or just a
networkig
> issue with Vista in general. All I know is that Vista has only about a
> tenth of the functionality of XP Pro. Of course, that may be because I
don't
> know what I'm doing, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
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