Willem van Dam schrieb:
> Hi List,
> 
> I have been trying to setup an mobile user VPN connection for a while now.
> I followed the directions as described in:
> 16.1. How do I setup mobile user VPN with IPsec?
> http://doc.m0n0.ch/handbook/faq.html#id2608384
> 
> The client side is a laptop running XP-pro and connecting to the internet
> trough Verizon Wireless BroadbandAccess.
> The VPN client is SafeNet 10.3.6 (build 2)
> 
> My problem is that the VPN connection seems to be working. I can get to our
> Intranet sever by typing it's IP address but I can't browse the network
> using the server names.
> 
> What am I doing wrong? (Probably something with the DNS)
> I it my understanding that once an VPN connection is setup the mobile
> computer is a part of the network like any other computer in the office.
> Should I be able to connect to any server just by typing \\servername ?

Hi,
I seems not to be a problem with the DNS, but a problem with the
windows name resolution, because your mobile user does a broadcast in 
his adressrange and this broadcast does not reach the network.
You can check this.: if you can reache \\ip-address\share but not 
\\servername\share it is the windows name resolution.
Possible solutions:
- use a WINS-Server in your LAN, do an entry of the VPN-Client and let 
the VPN-Client use this WINS.
- or edit the \drivers\etc\lmhosts on the client.

but if you can't reach the server with its FQN but with its real IP, it 
is a DNS-Problem
Possible solutions:
check the name resolution with nslookup,
maybe that your DNS in the Lan has a wrong route
check the DNS on your VPN-Client
- or edit the \drivers\etc\hosts

bye
Christoph

> 
> Thanks for your help,
> 
> Willem van Dam
> 
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