From: mike-newsgroup@-DELETETHISPART-.upcraft.com   
      
   DMO wrote:   
   > I setup a IPSec/IKE tunnel between a DLink router model # DI-804HV and   
   > DI-808HV.  These two routers are virtually identical except for the amount   
   > of ports on the switch portion.  All settings are identical on either end.   
   > Both have dynamic IP's with DDNS services running in the routers.  When   
   > checking the status of the VPN the remote Networks are visible and show the   
   > distant correct IP address in both directions.  I can remotely manage either   
   > router via a web browser.  I cannot ping computers on the remote network   
   > from either end nor do they show up in the "My Network Places"/"View   
   > Workgroup Computers".   
   >   
   > I am an admitted amateur at VPN's and am setting this up between my home and   
   > an apartment where my wife is working across the country.  Is there any   
   > additional software that needs to be setup to make this connection?  Any and   
   > all help is appreciated.   
      
   If the settings are exactly the same on both routers then that is your   
   problem.   
      
   You have to reverse the local and remote settings as appropriate for the   
     remote router.  (What is local here is remote there)   
      
   Also without a domain controller running WINS and all client name   
   resolution properly being referenced to that server you will not see   
   remote systems in your my network places list.  VPN connections do not   
   transfer the broadcast packets that allow the my network places features   
   to work on a local LAN without a domain controller server setup.  Domain   
   browsing actually has nothing to do with VPN specifically.  You would   
   have the same problem in a multi subnet routed network or a routed WAN   
   connection.   
      
   You should be able to ping by IP address and use services on the remote   
   network via IP address if the VPN link is working.  Name resolution   
   issues belong in a different group.   
      
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