Map UNC path to IP Address

[Hersh]

I am using a VPN connection to connect to the office.
I would like to be able to access a unc path, lnked files
etc., I can access the Office via mapping the drive with
an IP address but I need to be able to access via a unc
path.
Any Ideas on how it can be done??

I am using XP Home.

Thanks in Advance

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Can you map a drive using the IP address?

net use x: \\123.123.123.123\sharename ?
or
net use x: \\123.123.123.123\sharename /user:domainname\username ?

Re name resolution over this connection - this can be lots of fun to set up,
and yes, I'm being ironic! Can you ping a local resource by name? If not,
you might want to either look into setting up WINS on your server & manually
entering the WINS server address in your network/VPN virtual adaptor
properties (methods vary....what kind of VPN?) or use an LMHOSTS file with
the domain entry....

See http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;180094

Note - the padding spaces for the domain name (0x1b) entry are very
important - be sure not to miscount!

For more info, see
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;150800

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

this may help. quoted from http://www.ChicagoTech.net

Can't ping VPN client by name
Symptom: you can ping the vpn client by ip but when attempting to ping a vpn
client from remote LAN, you get time out.

Resolution: 1) if you have correct DNS and WINS settings, you should be
able to ping vpn client by name.
2) If you get the time out with a different ip (for example, ping ip is
192.168.100.7 and real ip is 192.168.100.13), check the dns and wins records
and delete the 192.168.100.7.
3) If the dns and wins records don't show the client record, make sure it
points to the same and correct dns and wins.
4) If the VPN client doesn't register its DNS, you may need to go the VPN
connection properties>networking>TCP/IP. On the DNS tab, enter the DNS
server IP in DNS suffix for this connection and check Register this
connection's addresses in DNS. Or use ipconfig /registerdns command.
5) Also make sure all computers are pointing to the same DNS.

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