Vista Networking problem with VPN

[David]

Hello all, I have a home network configured with two PC's, one runs Vista,
the other Win XP. I use the Vista machine daily to communicate remotely with
my employer through a VPN connection. I have a networked drive mapped to one
of the remote network servers and also have a hyperlink to the same location
in IE. This has worked fine for 2 months.

Today, although I was succesfully logged into the remote network through VPN
(I could access all other network resources, applications, etc.) the links
that mapped to a specific server kept aborting because Windows coud not
locate the network address.

First impression was that the server was down but for the heck of it I went
to the XP machine and bingo, that hard link worked fine. So...the mystery,
why can't Vista resolve this address anymore? Nothing has changed, the links
are in the proper format \\server\loc\loc etc. (besides, they have worked for
months). It can't be my network because the other PC still locates the server
just fine. Also, I am able to ping the server from command line using the
Vista machine.

Strange problem but anyone got any ideas or settings I can check?

 

[Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)]

Can you ping the XP by IP? If yes, can you net view \\xpipaddress?

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Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
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How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com

 

[David]

Hi Bob, I'm not sure I'm following you. The problem is not with
communication between the two PC's in my local network. It is that the Vista
machine no longer will interpret the server address of a remote server over
the VPN network. As I mentioned this has worked for months and now....poof,
the Vista machine won't resolve the server paths anymore.....only thing that
happened to my PC....time change for DST

I even did a restore to last week when I know everything was working and
nothing.