VPN through my ISP

It depends on what protocol is actually going through the VPN tunnel. If it is NETBEUI, then you should be able to browse, I believe. If it is TCP/IP, then you need to configure your WINS settings. If you are running a WINS server, configure the WINS server settings in the DUN configuration for your PPTP connection.
Without WINS, you can still connect to network resources if you know the IP addresses. For example, you can connect and then go to START, RUN and enter \\ipaddress of server, then click OK.
That will list the resources on your server. You can then map network drives to the resources, etc.
You need to go into the DUN settings for the pptp connection and select only the protocol you want. Try it first with NETBEUI, then,try with TCP/IP and the WINS settings, or the start, run, \\ipaddress....
- Steve

Including the thing mentioned in answer 1, you also need to make sure that user is allowed to access the entire LAN. Make sure that your user property is set to allow access to whole LAN not just the NT server.

I think most likely this is the problem because if you are using the protocol which is not the same as configured on NT LAN side, still Windows will convert your NetBEUI or NetBIOS over IP to the protocol you are using on LAN side of NT server.

So, in short the user permissions isthe problem.

Log in as administrator if you can browse everything then permission problem, go to user manager and add the desired permissions

If this doesn't work then debug you protocol configuration on the client, best option is to set up and static address pool on your RAS server and add your pc's ip address in there

Good luck

In regards to the second reply check the setting on the server you are connectong to and see if the protocal you are using is this computer only or entire network

To chriss@interactservices.com

check this article from tech rep itself, it may give you the solution you need.

A network administrator's guide to virtual private networking
Talainia Posey
Jun 29, 2000