Pptp vpn

Porter200 · Porter200 #1 (**permalink**)

11-06-2009, 11:04 PM

Hello all,

I am a new Mac user, I worked on windows for 15 years, and linux for 5. I recently got a Mac Book Pro for work. I set up the PPTP VPN but I cannot seem to access our windows shares. I am not sure why, but I cannot ping any of the windows boxes or connect to them. I know the PPTP VPN is working, I get a IP from the Company network but I haven't got the slightest idea why I cannot ping or connect to the windows shares. I am using the following under connect to server:

smb://server/share

to no avail. Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks,

halo200 · halo200 #2 (**permalink**)

11-19-2009, 04:42 AM

Hiya

Im running a Windows Server 2008 box with the same PPTP setup, when you are trying to access the files, im going to assume you have set up a DHCP range for VPN Clients ont he server, try connecting via ip address so for me it would look like this: smb://192.168.0.3/Programs

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Member Since: Sep 08, 2007 Location: Spain Posts: 535 Mac Specs: 15" Macbook Pro 2.0Ghz i7 8GB AMD 6490M 256OCZ Vertex 4 SSD \| iPhone 4 32GB	11-19-2009, 04:42 AM Hiya Im running a Windows Server 2008 box with the same PPTP setup, when you are trying to access the files, im going to assume you have set up a DHCP range for VPN Clients ont he server, try connecting via ip address so for me it would look like this: smb://192.168.0.3/Programs I find the best way to locate rogue DHCP servers is to send 240V down the appropriate port. Follow the smoke.
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Member Since: Nov 06, 2009 Posts: 1	11-06-2009, 11:04 PM Hello all, I am a new Mac user, I worked on windows for 15 years, and linux for 5. I recently got a Mac Book Pro for work. I set up the PPTP VPN but I cannot seem to access our windows shares. I am not sure why, but I cannot ping any of the windows boxes or connect to them. I know the PPTP VPN is working, I get a IP from the Company network but I haven't got the slightest idea why I cannot ping or connect to the windows shares. I am using the following under connect to server: smb://server/share to no avail. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks,
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