Win2k and XP VPN Problems

[Gino]

I am having the following problems:

I have a WIN2K and XP box behind a Linksys router to DSL
(home) trying to VPN to work network.

Setup is:

(Home)->Linksys->DSL->Internet->DSL->Router->Firewall->VPN
Server

So my problem is this:

1. From the XP box I can log into the VPN server (a Win2k
server), authenticate, get a local IP address, AND browse
the network. I can also ping the local VPN server
(192.168.0.50).

2. From the 2K box I can log into the VPN server,
authenticate, get an IP address BUT NOT browse or PING the
VPN server.

I have verified (through terminal server) that both
clients are connected.

On the XP box I have a route from the local network
(192.168.0.0) to the gateway (192.168.0.217 (local IP
address))... On the 2K box that route was missing...
Adding it to the route tables did not help the issue.

Again, everything is fine on the XP box and I have access
to the VPN server and all shares - the 2K box refuses to
PING the remote server or access shares (although it does
autenticate and get IP info from the server).

Thanks in advance!

Gino

 

[Bill Grant]

You do not need a route to get from one machine to another in the same
subnet. This traffic is handled by direct delivery using hardware
addressing - routing is not involved.

Can you ping machines by IP address? If not, you do have an odd routing
problem. But if you can ping by IP but not by name, it is simply a name
resolution problem.