From: jasimp@earthlink.net   
      
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   > John Simpson wrote:   
   > > Hi Group   
   > >   
   > > Yesterday I couldn't spell VPN. Today I managed to establish   
   communications   
   > > between 2 XP machines, but I have absolutely no clue as how to do the   
   > > mapping so I can see the remote share.   
   > >   
   > My favorite way is to pull up a console window, and use the "net use"   
   > command.  So, if your remote computer is "John_B" with share called   
   > "share_B" and you're on "John_A" or whatever, the command is "net use *   
   > \\john_b\share_b".  That will give you a drive designation, like "f:" on   
   > John_A for accessing the remote share.  To get rid of it, the command is   
   > "net use f: /delete".   
   >   
      
   I tried that: "net use z: \\dell2400\c". The error was "The network path was   
   not found". I use network drive mapping on a daily basis, but I have no idea   
   of how to do it in a VPN environment.   
   I even tried: "net use z: \\\c" with no luck.   
      
   John   
      
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