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Cannot see network through VPN

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by super_it_mom

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I get connected to my network via VPN. Yet, I cannot see any of the network resources, files, etc. What am I missing here? The VPN is setup on my Linksys router, and I know I'm in, because I can see the connection.

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by mike jones

Is file sharing disabled on the lan side of the router.

Also can you ping any of the lan addresses.

Try connecting via ip address instead of netbios name.

by acattr

"My network places" or "Network Neighborhood" uses broadcasting and may not work over vpn. It depends if your VPN server allows broadcast packets. If you need to access a file server go to start, run, and type \\servername or \\serverIP. It will show you all the shares and printers on that server, you can then drag the shares to your desktop to create shortcuts.

by super_it_mom

I can ping network IP's. When I try to access any of the resources, either by going through My Network Places or Start/Run and typing the exact path, I get an Error 800.

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