Vpn

**nick123pig** · 22-12-2005

Here's a doozy

I have a LAN at my house (192.168.2.x)
I have a LAN at my business (192.168.1.x)
All Computers Run Windows XP Pro SP2
Each network has one server with a DMZ, and all ports forwarded to them

I need to backup a file everyday from my business, so I thought why not just set up a VPN and send it home.
I set the one at home to accept incoming connections
I connected to it from work, and it went through alright, it said it was connected....
BUT
at work then, I lost the internet connection and cannot see my home network in my network places.

Any Ideas?
I can clarify if this was confusing.

**DJNafey** · 30-12-2005

I can't browse my domain in the office when I connect to my work network via VPN from home. I have found, however, that I can connect through IP addresses and this also means that I can map a network drive to a shared folder as long as I use the host's IP address instead of its name.

Try connecting the VPN from work again and going to a ("DOS") command prompt. See if you can ping the computer at home using both the name and the IP address, e.g.

ping MyHomeComputer
ping 192.168.2.2

If you can get a successful response from Ping, then you can try mapping the network drive, either through Windows Explorer or from the command prompt again:

net use x: \\MyHomeComputer\MySharedFolder
or
net use x: \\192.168.2.2\MySharedFolder

Let us know if that helps