I then try the Add Network Place wizard to a share off of the same
server to which I have my connection. I first try just typing in the
same server address, in the form of \\nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn, which I used to
make my connection in order to get a list of possible shares to which I
have access, and click the Next button. After pausing for awhile I get
back the failure message of:
"The network place could not be added because the following error has
occurred: The network path was not found."
I then try typing the same server address with a share, in the form of
\\nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn\sharename, to which I have been given access, only to
get back the same message.
I can see in my connection icon in the tray, when looking at properties,
that the IP address for the VPN connection is the same as the one I am
typing into the Add Network Place wizard. I can obviously make my VPN
connection to that address without problems each time. Why then does the
Add Network Wizard tell me that the network path was not found ? What am
I missing here ?
"Edward Diener" <eddielee_n...@tropicsoft.com> wrote in message news:O8OWNTk3...@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
Yes, ping is successful. Then why should I be getting the error from Add
Network Place that I am ?
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
> http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
> http://www.HowToNetworking.com
>
> "Edward Diener" <eddielee_n...@tropicsoft.com
> <mailto:eddielee_n...@tropicsoft.com>> wrote in message
> news:O8OWNTk3...@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> I use VPN to connect to a server VPN machine using Network and Dial Up
> Connections / Make New Connection control panel functionality. My
> connection is made without any problems and the connection icon shows up
> in the tray.
>
> I then try the Add Network Place wizard to a share off of the same
> server to which I have my connection. I first try just typing in the
> same server address, in the form of \\nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn
> <file://\\nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn>, which I used to
> make my connection in order to get a list of possible shares to which I
> have access, and click the Next button. After pausing for awhile I get
> back the failure message of:
>
> "The network place could not be added because the following error has
> occurred: The network path was not found."
>
> I then try typing the same server address with a share, in the form of
> \\nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn\sharename <file://\\nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn\sharename>, to
"Edward Diener" <eddielee_n...@tropicsoft.com> wrote in message news:eXHBgWm3...@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
The result is what you anticipated: error 53 The network path was not
found. If this is a computer browser issue, how do I fix it ? I am on
w2ksp4.
Computer browsing over VPN
involves routers, multiple segments and multihomed servers. It is
generally recommended that you implement WINS for name ... www.howtonetworking.com/VPN/browsingovervpn0.htm |
"Edward Diener" <eddielee_n...@tropicsoft.com> wrote in message news:e$a1nRn3...@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
How do I do this, and why should I do it considering I am a client and
am not running W2k server ?
> If you can't the option is
> to create a shortcut on the desktop.
A shortcut to what ?
> This how to may help,
>
> *Computer* *browser* over *VPN*
> <http://www.howtonetworking.com/VPN/browsingovervpn0.htm>
> *Computer* *browsing* over *VPN* involves routers, multiple segments and
> multihomed servers. It is generally recommended that you implement WINS
> for name *...*
> www.howtonetworking.com/VPN/*browsing*over*vpn*0.htm
> <http://www.howtonetworking.com/VPN/browsingovervpn0.htm>
Thanks for the links. Isn't one of the main points of VPN so that I may
connect, to a shared folder, on another system ? Why is it so hard in
Windows to do that ? OK, I am chagrined, but this should be easy. After
all VPN has been around for quite awhile now, and I have the latest
updates for one of the two most important Windows OSs.
>
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
> http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
> http://www.HowToNetworking.com
>
> "Edward Diener" <eddielee_n...@tropicsoft.com
> <mailto:eddielee_n...@tropicsoft.com>> wrote in message