Hello Michael, thank you for your help.

We are currently set up so individual PCs are "dialing in" to the remote 
server via PPTP, not IPSEC.

Chris



Michael Brown wrote:
> I've encountered this same issue and their is an easy fix for it, but 
> I need t know if by PPTP you mean one computer is "dialing" in to the 
> remote site or if they are linked by IPSEC and by absolute paths you 
> mean machine name like //server or //accounting?  I had a company in 
> which it had a central office that was linked to 4 other sites by 
> IPSEC and their AV & Mortgage software would only work with UNC paths 
> like //server in the software (couldn't use map drives due to too 
> different machines or IP address)
>
> I don't want to send you on a wild goose chase without knowing which 
> is which first.
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
>
> Chris Janvrin wrote:
>> First off, thanks for looking!
>>
>> I am at a remote office of my company trying to integrate their 
>> accounting procedures with the home office. More specifically, I am 
>> trying to install accounting software on two remote PCs that 
>> communicate with our main accounting server in the home office. While 
>> using the PPTP VPN I can map remote shares to the remote server using 
>> the remote server's IP address, but unfortunately our accounting 
>> software (Peachtree Quantum) requires what they call "absolute paths" 
>> e.g. NetBIOS names for drive mappings, and not IP addresses.
>>
>> The home office is equipped with a net5501-70 running m0n0 1.232, and 
>> the remote office is equipped with a net4801-60 running 1.3b7.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.
>>
>>
>> Chris Janvrin
>> Dover, NH
>>
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