Installed new router/access point on client side. Can't map network drives. CAN Ping/Etc.

ByeByeBye

Hello.

Here is a bit of a problem. I had OpenVPN working fine on my Windows 7 machine. Installed a more powerful router and an AC PCI-E card in my computer. Nothing on the remote site has changed.

I used to be able to map a network drive prior to the hardware upgrades without an issue.

With the new setup I can connect no problem, I can ping computers/servers on the remote LAN no problem, I can SSH to computers/servers on the LAN no problem when connected via the VPN. The only thing I can't seem to be able to do is Map a Network Drive. I can ping the server no problem. I always use the static IP to connect to the drive: \\192.168.1.x\ShareName. When I do this after the hardware upgrade it simply times out and tells me that it can't find the resource. I also can not map a network drive to a remote Workstation like I was able to do previously without issue.

Since everything else works I am perplexed on what this could be. The local client is using a 192.168.0.x IP range and the remote network is on a 192.168.1.x range. When I connect via the VPN I am getting a 10.0.0.x IP like I always did previous.

I think it would be easier for me to solve if nothing worked. It just wont let me map a damn network drive even though I can ping the server without issue.

Client VPN Config:
dev tun
tls-client
remote x.x.x.xx PortNumberHere
pull
proto udp
script-security 2
ca ca.crt
comp-lzo
reneg-sec 0
auth-user-pass auth.txt

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Keep in mind that the above setup worked perfectly fine before the router/access point upgrade.

Thanks in advance!!!

Pippin

Hi,

Take a look at the Windows Credential manager and remove the credential from the vault.
Then try again to map the network drive.

ByeByeBye

Pippin wroteHi,

Take a look at the Windows Credential manager and remove the credential from the vault.
Then try again to map the network drive.

Using Windows 7 Home. There is no access to the Credentials Manager.

It doesn't even seem to be getting to that point though. If I click "login with different credentials" it doesn't help. It simply times out when trying to reach the resource.

The baffling part is that I am able to SSH and Ping that same server.
I then tried to access the Admin shares on some Workstations (which worked prior to the new local hardware) remotely and they didn't connect either.

Something is simply stopping me from mapping network drives...and nothing changed on the remote end at all!

Pippin

I`m on Windows Home too and have access to Credential manager as Admin
You logged in as Admin?
Workgroup?
Did your IP change on Windows?
Remote machine restricts access by IP?
Does the remote machine have a "Auto Block" feature? For example 3x login fail within 5 min. = Block IP?

Just some pointers.