Accessing Shared Folders

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jm_tim
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Accessing Shared Folders

Post by jm_tim » Wed Apr 26, 2017 6:28 pm

So I just setup OpenVPN and I have my Client connected with no issues. However, I cannot seem to map any network drives. Anything I may have missed? I am kind of a beginner at this VPN stuff so any help would truly be appreciated.

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Re: Accessing Shared Folders

Post by TinCanTech » Thu Apr 27, 2017 11:37 am

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net use x: \\ip.address\share_name

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Re: Accessing Shared Folders

Post by jm_tim » Thu Apr 27, 2017 5:11 pm

I have tried mapping drive with IP and it does not work. Did I miss another setting or something possibly in setup?

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Re: Accessing Shared Folders

Post by TinCanTech » Thu Apr 27, 2017 6:49 pm


jm_tim
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Re: Accessing Shared Folders

Post by jm_tim » Wed May 10, 2017 2:19 pm

Thank you, I was able to map the drives using IP address.

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Re: Accessing Shared Folders

Post by jm_tim » Thu May 18, 2017 5:50 pm

However, I cannot map the mapped drives on the computer only the local drive

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