Showing posts with label VPN. Show all posts
Showing posts with label VPN. Show all posts

Sunday, October 4, 2009

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.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

VPN takes over Internet connection.

Problem: When we connect VPN to another network. Then the client machine will loose internet connection.
No internet connection after connecting to VPN.

Solution:
Step1:Go to Network Connections --> Right click on particular VPN connection.

Step2: Go to Networking Tab--> Select Internet Protocol(TCP/IP)-->click on Properties TabStep3: Click on Advanced Tab
Step4: Uncheck the option "Use default gateway on remote network"
Click on OK Tab.