Hi,
I got into this new job.In fact, you can all it my first job in the field. I understand VPN, firewalls, router, etc at CCSP level( trained in Network Security..as you can guess). But I’m not really good at Systems. This new job is mainly systems administration and i took this up so that i’ll have some exposure. Dunno if i’m in the ryt track.
Anyways, i have this problem.
I have Win2k3 servers and WinXP clients. Netgear gateway. A small office set up.
The Scenario:
The laptop(WinXP) has network drives mapped to the file server. It works fine when connected locally to the LAN. The home drive of the user is made available offline so that he can use the data when he goes back home. Whenever he comes back to office network the drives synchronize.
Now I had to configure the VPN in the netgear box(which does not give me much choices other than click some radio buttons and enter IP addresses). Anyways, the laptop can successfully connect to the VPN. It can also ping the IPs of the servers in the LAN.
The problem:
When the laptop is remotely connected thru VPN the network drives are not automatically reconnected. When they are removed and mapped again using the UNC paths it works. So i read a lot about it everywhere and came to realise that we need to remap the drives using script. So i managed to write a VB script which would remove the maps first and remap them. The script worked fine. But realized that to actually access the map drives the user needed to log on to the file server( which is also a DC) first by giving the UNC path in the run, before running the script. And the need to do that is also not consistant.I also tried a bat file with net use.
This would be too complicated for other non-technical users. Could somebody please guide me in the proper direction because i think i’m learning the stuff the hard way.
I know this post is too long, but i wasnt sure how i would explain this stuff. If i’m not clear please ask me what more u need to know.
Thanks in advance.
