Vista won't connect to VPN

[AthenianJoke]

So I set up a VPN on a SBS 2003 R2 and it works. I have tried it on all the XP machines we have and the XP machines connect and can view the shared folders. The Vista Machines (both Home Premium and Business) can connect but cannot open the folders. We go and ping the server after connecting to the VPN (192.168.x.x) and get response. The server sees the computers. However, we cannot open the shared folders. I know it's not the server cause I've connected with the same usernames and passwords from XP machines and got it just fine. I read elsewhere that this is a common problem with Vista. Any ideas?

 

[AthenianJoke]

anyone...?

 

[Bob Cerelli]

Sounds more like a simple browsing problem. What happens if you just manually try and make the network connections. This could be done from either the Windows Explorer or a CMD prompt using the NET USE command.

 

[AthenianJoke]

We've tried doing command prompt, windows explorer, run, and of course mapping

Nothing works.

 

[Bob Cerelli]

As always, getting all the information from the beginning helps you get an answer faster.

So can you detail what was tried, how the VPN server and VPN client is configured, what error messages you get (in particular with the NET USE command).

 

[AthenianJoke]

We didn't use the NET USE Command. It's the simple RAS setup in SBS 2003 R2. All XP systems connect without a hitch. Vista conncets, but when we try to browse for shared folders, we can't see them. So we try to open them with cmd or run. Then it tells us that the folder doesn't exist or that it can't connect.

 

[Bob Cerelli]

So can you detail what was tried?

For example, from CMD, what did you type in?
How was mapping done?

Can you ping by IP and Name the computer you want to connect to?

 

[AthenianJoke]

From the cmd, we can ping the server, no problem. In CMD, we tried to navigate to \\servername\sharefolder and \\serverip\sharefolder. That's what we did in RUN today. IT would say that it didn't exist.

On a server side, once the VISTA machines connect, I can see them logged in as remote users. So i know for a fact they are connected.

 

[Bob Cerelli]

Can you ping the server by name, IP or both.

From a cmd prompt, what happens when you run something like:

net use X: \\server\share (where server and share are replaced by the actual names)