Can't Browse Shares Over VPN?

[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

 

[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
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

 

[Vincent]

Robert,

I receive the following error message:

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

-Vincent

 

[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
Robert,

I receive the following error message:

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

-Vincent