From: mike-newsgroup@-DELETETHISPART-.upcraft.com   
      
   Raj wrote:   
   > Hello peers:   
   >   
   > I hsve basic question about the vpn+domain login thing.   
   >   
   > Here is what iam thinking so far ( Please correct me,if iam wrong)   
   >   
   > Scenario: 2 users in my office have their laptops which are part of the   
   > domain. When they are home . Here is what they should do   
   >   
   > 1. Login locally ( not onto domain)   
   > 2. Connect throught VPN Client (Windows XP,or Greenbow0   
   > 3. Authenticated by VPN Server,and gets a IP address from VPN server.   
   >   
   > 4. My question is how do they get Network Drives mapped?   
   >   
   > Please somebody explain me. Iam trying to think logically and not   
   > having any clue.   
   >   
   > Thanks,   
      
   Have them login to the domain just like usual.   
      
   Windows is pretty smart when it comes to being disconnected from the   
   network.  Their user credentials will be cached from when they were   
   connected to the domain.  When they connect to the VPN the machine will   
   be able to negotiate with the domain controller when you first try to   
   connect with a server for a login token.   
      
   If you have them connect to the local machine then you will have many   
   problems mapping drives unless their username and password are exactly   
   the same on the local machine and the remote server.  Even then it's   
   unreliable if you are relying on the password and usernames being the same.   
      
   You may not be able to use network neighborhood but you can still type   
   in the ip or name of the server to connect to.  The only way to get   
   network neighborhood working remotely is to run WINS servers with a   
   domain controller present and make sure your VPN clients are getting the   
   proper DNS and WINS server settings when they connect.  After the client   
   connects it may take up to 50 minutes after they connect before the   
   browse list is built on their end of the connection and even then it   
   only really works in a small domain.   
      
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