Were you able to access local shared directories while primary DNS was set to point at the AD's IP address? That is, did it fix the problem but...
I'd start by seeing if this is a NetBIOS issue. \\jC1 is a NetBIOS address. So first, try \\JC1.domain.local replacing domain.local with...
Try using Windows Explorer rather than IE, but I doubt that is the problem. Sharing files via Windows standard sharing over an ADSL VPN network...
If you are bridging the server connections then you are not providing any more security to your network by making them connect through the server....
Is the VPN from router to router, or from server to router?
You can always login locally in XP. To force one or the other: local Login as computer_name\user_name To domain Login as domain_name\user_name...
I think I'd be looking at the underlying connection. Are you sure that isn't timing out? Presumably you are using a VPN connection to get you into...
I have my moments
In a domain system, you don't add users at the PC. You add them to Active Directory on the Server. Once the user is set up in Active Directory,...
It might be worth checking to see if IE is using a proxy. It may be that you internet provider uses a proxy and that IE is already set up to use...
My Network Places is a viewing portal for items connected to a SMB network. That is, the devices using SMB to share resources. Such devices are...
Comments like that always ring alarm bells in my head. The point is, it isn't working now. The more protocols, the more traffic, the more chance...
Are you using IPX/SPX as well as TCP/IP?
Are both PC on the same subnet? That is, is there a router between them. Also make sure the server service is running.
Check that the link path is not local. That is, it is not something like: '[C:\directory\file_name.xls]Sheet1'!$B$38 If the file being linked to...
It's most likely a firewall setting on PC Y. Common setting is to allow outgoing PING/ICMP requests but not incoming requests.
Gopher! Those were the days. And then came the new-fangled "web pages" with pictures and the fun of getting hold of a copy of Mozaic to install...
Having two routers on the network shouldn't be a problem. As long as only one is acting as a DHCP server, and they both have complementary...
Try 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0
Firstly, a warning - what you are attempting to doing is very dangerous. It is almost always a good idea to keep the internet outside your...
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