I have the same problem - I have updated all
WindowsUpdates and I have a friend with WinXP and from
his computer I can connect perfectly. We compared
settings and they are identical. This must be a very
subtle problem.
>-----Original Message-----
>The VPN works great but I just can't seem to see
anything
>when I log in. I goto network neighborhood and try to
>see if I can browse folders and files and nothing is
>there from my remote server.
>What am I missing or not setting up correctly. IIS
>security settings have been mentioned to me but i'm not
>so sure about that.
>The clients are windowsXP and the 2000 Server is running
>VPN. Using L2TP connections only.
>--All updates and fixes are applied--
>Also can I run a script that would only map out VPN
>networked drives when a person is logs on. So they
>woudln't have to scan around network neighborhood to
grab
>files. It would be like working from their own office
>desk at work when the script runs from AD as soon as
they
>log on
>.
>

To be honest, I have this problem from time to time when I use L2TP
with NAT Traversal...

However, you won't be able to use My Network Places/Network
Neighborhood if you are not using a server-based VPN (i.e., have a
WINS Server).

Jeffrey Randow (Windows MVP - Networking & Smart Display)
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On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 16:33:37 -0700, "stever"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I have the same problem - I have updated all
>WindowsUpdates and I have a friend with WinXP and from
>his computer I can connect perfectly. We compared
>settings and they are identical. This must be a very
>subtle problem.
>>-----Original Message-----
>>The VPN works great but I just can't seem to see
>anything
>>when I log in. I goto network neighborhood and try to
>>see if I can browse folders and files and nothing is
>>there from my remote server.
>>What am I missing or not setting up correctly. IIS
>>security settings have been mentioned to me but i'm not
>>so sure about that.
>>The clients are windowsXP and the 2000 Server is running
>>VPN. Using L2TP connections only.
>>--All updates and fixes are applied--
>>Also can I run a script that would only map out VPN
>>networked drives when a person is logs on. So they
>>woudln't have to scan around network neighborhood to
>grab
>>files. It would be like working from their own office
>>desk at work when the script runs from AD as soon as
>they
>>log on
>>.
>>