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Windows Networking - windows share folder access over domain
Expert: Hrire Mikaelian - 8/8/2008
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QUESTION: Hi, I work for this non profit company and am stuck with how to fix the problem. Here it is.
I have a domain logon at our admin offfice, which is on the 10.192.128.0 network. Then I have this remote site that is on the 10.192.130.0 network. The remote site logs onto the domain, but I want it to still be able to communicate with eachother,the local lan, when the internet goes down and the vpn tunnel goes down between the two pix's.
Right now when the internet is off at the remote site, the computers can ping eachother on the local lan, but when I try to access the shared drive on one of the computers, it won't let me."
Is there a remedy that I can do to still have that connectivity at the remote site with eachother on the 10.192.130.0 network?
I mapped the computer name to the specific IP on the hosts file.
ANSWER: Hi Shane
I'm trying to understand the problem. Do things normally work fine or are you in a situation where you are trying to set it up so that if the remote internet fails, you can still access the remote site?
If (when everything is normal), you can see everything then all is good. If you are trying to set it up so that if the internet drops, you can still connect to each other, I don't think that will be possible. The VPN that you have likely uses the internet and not a dedicated line to communicate. If you use the internet to tunnel the VPN through, then the remote site can only see itself and the local admin office can only see itself.
Please let me know if I didn't understand your problem, so I can give a better answer.
Thanks!
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QUESTION: Sorry, I think you misunderstood the question.
The share drive is within the remote site lan. The computer from the remote site can't connect to the share folder, which is on the same remote site lan. When the internet is up and the vpn to the network with the domain is on, nothing is wrong. But say the internet goes down on either side, Id like for the remote site lan pc's still be able to connect to the share, which is on the remote site lan still.
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Hi Shane.
In that scenerio, if the remote site or the local lan sites go down, you cannot access that shared folder - because both the remote and local sites need to use the internet to connect (see) each other.
The above is on the assumption that the network uses an internet connection to see each other.
There are other services (from service providers) that can provide a dedicated leased line, that will provide you with almost 100% reliability, that is not necessarily internet access, but access for both networks to each other. If you find that the shared folder is critically important, I would suggest contacting a service provider who may be able to provide you with this specialized service.
I hope I'm explaining this clearly - from what I understand, your organization uses the internet to communicate between each site.
Please send me followups if you need to.
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