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Cannot map drive to ReadyNAS over VPN
I need to map a network drive over VPN. Very simple host network: no Microsoft server, no AD. Just a Cisco router and the ReadyNAS NV+ (Ver 1) as a simple file server. Two identical Cisco WRVS4400N...
It can't be the Windows firewall, since the failure only happens through the VPN tunnel - the same PC and NAS work fine when both on the same LAN.
claykin wrote: Try disabling Windows firewall or any other firewall you have installed. Something is blocking your NetBIOS ports.
I think it is the VPN routers that are blocking NetBIOS. There is supposed to be a NetBios Broadcast setting in the routers, you should poke around and see if you can find it.
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