Not able to access company information after connected to VPN.

Problem: Not able to access company internal application and shared folders after connecting to particular company VPN. There wont be any problem connecting VPN. But after connecting VPN, when you try to access company internal application or shared folders, you will get error.

Cause: This problem occures becuase of DNS resolution issue.

Solution: In Windows XP Professional

-->Go to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc

-->open hosts file with notepad.

-->Add interal ip(ip of company servers which you want to access from home using VPN)

and Server name.

--> Save and Close the file.

In Windows Vista

--> Open a notepad as administrator.

--> Click on File menu--> Click on 'Open' option.

--> locate the 'hosts' file in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc

--> Select hosts file and open.

-->Add interal ip(ip of company servers which you want to access from home using VPN)

and Server name.

--> Save and Close the file.