Authenticating XP Pro over a VPN to a NT 4.0 PDC

[Guest]

I have a linux based VPN solution solution set up at work. My network is
still using an NT 4.0 PDC with DHCP, DNS and WINS installed. I am using a
third party clinet to connect to the VPN server called SoftRemote. The
client machine is using XP Pro SP2 set in a Workgroup (a home computer with
networking support).

I can connect to the VPN server with no problems and ping the server I need
to authenticate to. I have created an lmhosts file on the XP Pro box using
the #dom and #pre statements. When I try to access a resource - like a
shared drive - using either the ip address or unc, the authentication box
pops up. I then try to authenticate using domain\username and I get a
"cannot authenticate" message.

I have tried this with a company laptop and it works fine. I can browse and
map resources, but not from the XP system in the workgroup at home. Is there
anything else I can try?

 

[Guest]

I have a linux based VPN solution solution set up at work. My network is
still using an NT 4.0 PDC with DHCP, DNS and WINS installed. I am using a
third party clinet to connect to the VPN server called SoftRemote. The
client machine is using XP Pro SP2 set in a Workgroup (a home computer with
networking support).

I can connect to the VPN server with no problems and ping the server I need
to authenticate to. I have created an lmhosts file on the XP Pro box using
the #dom and #pre statements. When I try to access a resource - like a
shared drive - using either the ip address or unc, the authentication box
pops up. I then try to authenticate using domain\username and I get a
"cannot authenticate" message.

I have tried this with a company laptop and it works fine. I can browse and
map resources, but not from the XP system in the workgroup at home. Is there
anything else I can try?

 

[Guest]

Sorry about the double post it was an accident....

Do you have a WINS server service setup on the Windows NT 4 server? If not
try intalling that and putting that IP address into the XP machines TCP/IP
configuration. I had a similar problem and setting up the WINS server on my
NT 4 (BDC) fixed my issue.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the reply MIS_Man. Yes, we have a WINS running on the server. I
have made an lmhosts file in the /drivers/etc directory and added that to the
ip properties on the adapter settings on XP. Stil no joy. Anything else I
can try?

 

[Guest]

Since you are in a workgroup remove the password on the share and try
connecting after that. Let me know what happens