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Can't Browse Shares Over VPN?

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Author
8 Nov 2006 5:15 PM
Vincent
Hello.  I am using a Linksys VPN router at my office and the Linksys
VPN client software at my home.  I can successfully browse the shares
at my home from my office, but cannot browse the shares at my office
from my home.  Does anyone have any ideas why this might be occurring?
I ruled out the obvious.  I can ping the computer at the office, so I
know the VPN connection is active and the office computer is accessible
over the network.  I am only running the Windows firewall, not any
third party firewall and have added exceptions to file and printer
sharing for my home subnet.  I even tried turning off the Windows
firewall completely, to no avail.  I am not sure what else I should be
checking.  Thanks for any and all help.

-Vincent

Author
8 Nov 2006 6:40 PM
Robert L [MVP - Networking]
What do you receive if using net view \\officepcip? Or this troubleshooting may help,

troubleshooting is not accessible error Troubleshooting "... is not accessible" error step by step. When try to access a remote computer, you may receive the following error messages: ...
      www.howtonetworking.com/Troubleshooting/notaccessibale0.htm 


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
  "Vincent" <animedrea***@verizon.net> wrote in message news:1163006147.289182.69470@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
  Hello.  I am using a Linksys VPN router at my office and the Linksys
  VPN client software at my home.  I can successfully browse the shares
  at my home from my office, but cannot browse the shares at my office
  from my home.  Does anyone have any ideas why this might be occurring?
  I ruled out the obvious.  I can ping the computer at the office, so I
  know the VPN connection is active and the office computer is accessible
  over the network.  I am only running the Windows firewall, not any
  third party firewall and have added exceptions to file and printer
  sharing for my home subnet.  I even tried turning off the Windows
  firewall completely, to no avail.  I am not sure what else I should be
  checking.  Thanks for any and all help.

  -Vincent
Author
8 Nov 2006 7:13 PM
Vincent
Robert,

     I receive the following error message:

     System error 53 has occurred.
     The network path was not found.

-Vincent

Robert L [MVP - Networking] wrote:
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> What do you receive if using net view \\officepcip? Or this troubleshooting may help,
>
> troubleshooting is not accessible error Troubleshooting "... is not accessible" error step by step. When try to access a remote computer, you may receive the following error messages: ...
>       www.howtonetworking.com/Troubleshooting/notaccessibale0.htm
>
>
> 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
>   "Vincent" <animedrea***@verizon.net> wrote in message news:1163006147.289182.69470@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
>   Hello.  I am using a Linksys VPN router at my office and the Linksys
>   VPN client software at my home.  I can successfully browse the shares
>   at my home from my office, but cannot browse the shares at my office
>   from my home.  Does anyone have any ideas why this might be occurring?
>   I ruled out the obvious.  I can ping the computer at the office, so I
>   know the VPN connection is active and the office computer is accessible
>   over the network.  I am only running the Windows firewall, not any
>   third party firewall and have added exceptions to file and printer
>   sharing for my home subnet.  I even tried turning off the Windows
>   firewall completely, to no avail.  I am not sure what else I should be
>   checking.  Thanks for any and all help.
>
>   -Vincent
>
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> <DIV>What do you receive if using net view <A
> href="file://\\officepcip">\\officepcip</A>? Or this troubleshooting may
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> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
> <DIV><A class=l
> href="http://www.howtonetworking.com/Troubleshooting/notaccessibale0.htm"><FONT
> color=#663399><B>troubleshooting</B> is <B>not accessible</B> error</FONT></A>
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>   <TBODY>
>   <TR>
>     <TD class=j><FONT size=-1><B>Troubleshooting</B> "... is <B>not
>       accessible</B>" error step by step. When try to access a remote computer,
>       you may receive the following error messages: <B>...</B><BR><SPAN
>       class=a><FONT color=#008000><A
>       href="http://www.howtonetworking.com/Troubleshooting/notaccessibale0.htm">www.howtonetworking.com/<WBR><B>Troubleshooting</B>/<B>not</B>accessibale0.htm</A>
>       </FONT></SPAN></FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>
> <DIV><BR>Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE &amp; CNE<BR>Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN
> Troubleshooting on <A
> href="http://www.ChicagoTech.net">http://www.ChicagoTech.net</A> <BR>How to
> Setup Windows, Network, VPN &amp; Remote Access on <A
> href="http://www.HowToNetworking.com">http://www.HowToNetworking.com</A> </DIV>
> <BLOCKQUOTE
> style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
>   <DIV>"Vincent" &lt;<A
>   href="mailto:animedrea***@verizon.net">animedrea***@verizon.net</A>&gt; wrote
>   in message <A
>   href="news:1163006147.289182.69***@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com">news:1163006147.289182.69470@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com</A>...</DIV>Hello.&nbsp;
>   I am using a Linksys VPN router at my office and the Linksys<BR>VPN client
>   software at my home.&nbsp; I can successfully browse the shares<BR>at my home
>   from my office, but cannot browse the shares at my office<BR>from my
>   home.&nbsp; Does anyone have any ideas why this might be occurring?<BR>I ruled
>   out the obvious.&nbsp; I can ping the computer at the office, so I<BR>know the
>   VPN connection is active and the office computer is accessible<BR>over the
>   network.&nbsp; I am only running the Windows firewall, not any<BR>third party
>   firewall and have added exceptions to file and printer<BR>sharing for my home
>   subnet.&nbsp; I even tried turning off the Windows<BR>firewall completely, to
>   no avail.&nbsp; I am not sure what else I should be<BR>checking.&nbsp; Thanks
>   for any and all help.<BR><BR>-Vincent<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
>
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Author
9 Nov 2006 3:52 PM
Robert L [MVP - Networking]
System error 53 is connection issue. Do you have other security software beside the windows firewall?

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
  "Vincent" <animedrea***@verizon.net> wrote in message news:1163013183.164262.265410@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
  Robert,

       I receive the following error message:

       System error 53 has occurred.
       The network path was not found.

  -Vincent

  Robert L [MVP - Networking] wrote:
Show quoteHide quote
  > What do you receive if using net view \\officepcip? Or this troubleshooting may help,
  >
  > troubleshooting is not accessible error Troubleshooting "... is not accessible" error step by step. When try to access a remote computer, you may receive the following error messages: ...
  >       www.howtonetworking.com/Troubleshooting/notaccessibale0.htm
  >
  >
  > 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
  >   "Vincent" <animedrea***@verizon.net> wrote in message news:1163006147.289182.69470@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
  >   Hello.  I am using a Linksys VPN router at my office and the Linksys
  >   VPN client software at my home.  I can successfully browse the shares
  >   at my home from my office, but cannot browse the shares at my office
  >   from my home.  Does anyone have any ideas why this might be occurring?
  >   I ruled out the obvious.  I can ping the computer at the office, so I
  >   know the VPN connection is active and the office computer is accessible
  >   over the network.  I am only running the Windows firewall, not any
  >   third party firewall and have added exceptions to file and printer
  >   sharing for my home subnet.  I even tried turning off the Windows
  >   firewall completely, to no avail.  I am not sure what else I should be
  >   checking.  Thanks for any and all help.
  >
  >   -Vincent
  >
  > ------=_NextPart_000_0061_01C70333.01EE2C30
  > Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
  > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
  > X-Google-AttachSize: 2865
  >
  > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
  > <HTML><HEAD>
  > <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
  > <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR>
  > <STYLE></STYLE>
  > </HEAD>
  > <BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
  > <DIV>What do you receive if using net view <A
  > href="file://\\officepcip">\\officepcip</A>? Or this troubleshooting may
  > help,</DIV>
  > <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
  > <DIV><A class=l
  > href="http://www.howtonetworking.com/Troubleshooting/notaccessibale0.htm"><FONT
  > color=#663399><B>troubleshooting</B> is <B>not accessible</B> error</FONT></A>
  > <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0>
  >   <TBODY>
  >   <TR>
  >     <TD class=j><FONT size=-1><B>Troubleshooting</B> "... is <B>not
  >       accessible</B>" error step by step. When try to access a remote computer,
  >       you may receive the following error messages: <B>...</B><BR><SPAN
  >       class=a><FONT color=#008000><A
  >       href="http://www.howtonetworking.com/Troubleshooting/notaccessibale0.htm">www.howtonetworking.com/<WBR><B>Troubleshooting</B>/<B>not</B>accessibale0.htm</A>
  >       </FONT></SPAN></FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>
  > <DIV><BR>Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE &amp; CNE<BR>Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN
  > Troubleshooting on <A
  > href="http://www.ChicagoTech.net">http://www.ChicagoTech.net</A> <BR>How to
  > Setup Windows, Network, VPN &amp; Remote Access on <A
  > href="http://www.HowToNetworking.com">http://www.HowToNetworking.com</A> </DIV>
  > <BLOCKQUOTE
  > style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
  >   <DIV>"Vincent" &lt;<A
  >   href="mailto:animedrea***@verizon.net">animedrea***@verizon.net</A>&gt; wrote
  >   in message <A
  >   href="news:1163006147.289182.69***@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com">news:1163006147.289182.69470@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com</A>...</DIV>Hello.&nbsp;
  >   I am using a Linksys VPN router at my office and the Linksys<BR>VPN client
  >   software at my home.&nbsp; I can successfully browse the shares<BR>at my home
  >   from my office, but cannot browse the shares at my office<BR>from my
  >   home.&nbsp; Does anyone have any ideas why this might be occurring?<BR>I ruled
  >   out the obvious.&nbsp; I can ping the computer at the office, so I<BR>know the
  >   VPN connection is active and the office computer is accessible<BR>over the
  >   network.&nbsp; I am only running the Windows firewall, not any<BR>third party
  >   firewall and have added exceptions to file and printer<BR>sharing for my home
  >   subnet.&nbsp; I even tried turning off the Windows<BR>firewall completely, to
  >   no avail.&nbsp; I am not sure what else I should be<BR>checking.&nbsp; Thanks
  >   for any and all help.<BR><BR>-Vincent<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
  >
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