Hello,
First time posting. I have a PPTP setup at work using a D-Link DIR-330.
I am using it to map network drives for users outside of the office.
Our infrastructure resides in Toronto, ON Canada and I have a remote client in Montreal, QC Canada who needs to map these drives. I’ve already mapped two other hosts (who are using Windows Vista). I’m trying to map the last client, the Montreal PC (using Windows XP Pro). I’m using Log Me In IT Reach to remotely do this, as I can not travel to Montreal.
When I login to the remote client, I have network connectivity no problem. I can ping hosts, open webpages, etc. I added the VPN as a new network connection, specified the dns for my vpn (just like on the other clients), and enter the group user name and password to connect to our VPN.
After the VPN connects, and Log Me In IT Reach Remote Control comes back on, I see that the LAN is connected, and the VPN is connected through ipconfig /all. However, at this point, I can not ping hosts, I can’t open webpages, but I can put in the local IP of the server location where our network drives are located in Toronto.
I ran the network diagnostics and it restored connectivity to the internet and I could open and ping hosts, but then I can’t access my VPN resources even though it reports it’s still connected.
It seems I can access one or the other, the web or the VPN. I checked the Linksys Etherfast router (which is the remote client’s default gateway) and it doesn’t appear to be making any blocks.
Last thing I was going to try before the network connection over Log Me In went offline, was to gracefully disconnect and reconnect the VPN and see now that after the internet is restored, if my VPN just needs to be reconnected.
