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Mapping a drive over VPN

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by davidjpeckston

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I am unable to map adrive over a VPN generated using an Activator router. The activatr router is siting behind the standard BT ADSL router. I am trying to map a drive in the windows enviroment. Using the standard method I able to map drives over ISDN and X25. Any suggestions?

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by some guy in seattle

I've run into this problem using other client VPN settings (I'm not familiar with Activator). A lame workaround is to set up a drive mapping and tell it to use a different user name and password when it connects. Then use your same name and password you use to log on.

The reason this occurs is the windows machine tries to set up the map before the VPN connects, and consequently breaks. With the separate mapping authentication it will send the cached username/password (even if it's the same) only when the mapped drive icon is clicked on, which typically occurs after the user connects.

Hope that helps -

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