Another "not accessible" message.

[kostis]

Well this is my problem.
I have a little LAN of 3 PCs and a server running win2k Server.
The server has a USB ADSL modem with a static IP and shares the internet connection through Wingate 5.23 with VPN license. I have no problem with that, everything is OK.
Now, i have a laptop running winXP PRO and installed WingateVPN 1.23
I want to be able to connect to the LAN from the laptop with a dialup
connection.
The PC with Win2k is the VPN host and the laptop, the VPN join.
I add the right users, i create the certificate and import to the laptop.
From the laptop when i connect i can see the name of the server, but it is "not accessible".
Any suggestions, please?

[MattP]

Hi,

You have to be browsing the server with a user who has Windows permissions on that server. The WinGate user will allow you to connect to the VPN however it won't give you access rights to that machine.

Also, if you are getting a route that is showing as inaccessible when you look at the routes on the network tab of GateKeeper then you probably have the laptop configured with the same IP subnet as your LAN. The WinGate VPN needs to have each end of the VPN on a different subnet to avoid a conflict. So if you sometimes use the laptop on the LAN then you should either set it to use DHCP so it doesn't get an IP address when it's not on the LAN or disable the NIC when you're joining the VPN.

Regards,

Matt