Guest Adde Posted February 14, 2008 Posted February 14, 2008 The problem – When offsite I logon to my computer locally then I use a third party remote access provider to VPN into my office, but once connected through the VPN I’m not asked to provide any authentication against the server and therefore I have no access to the resources residing on the server. To work around the problem I have to map a network drive and provide \\server_name.domain_name.com\folder_name, then I’m asked to logon with LAN credentials. First after providing a valid usern_name@domain_name.com and the password I gain access to the server. Is there a way I could force an authentication to the server once that VPN is up and running so I would not have to go through the mapping steps every time? Thanks, /Adde -- fantamejthisisgoodvarjedag
Guest Steve Goddard Posted February 15, 2008 Posted February 15, 2008 RE: User Authentication Start the VPN logon before logon to the laptop, this will create a secure connection to the network and authenticate you against the domain. If your VPN software does not support this then its rubbish. In that case logon locally to the laptop, VPN to work, then RDP to your workstation (or a server) where you must enter domain details and work as per normal. -- Steve G. MCSA 2003 +M "Adde" wrote: > The problem – When offsite I logon to my computer locally then I use a third > party remote access provider to VPN into my office, but once connected > through the VPN I’m not asked to provide any authentication against the > server and therefore I have no access to the resources residing on the > server. To work around the problem I have to map a network drive and provide > \\server_name.domain_name.com\folder_name, then I’m asked to logon with LAN > credentials. First after providing a valid usern_name@domain_name.com and > the password I gain access to the server. > > Is there a way I could force an authentication to the server once that VPN > is up and running so I would not have to go through the mapping steps every > time? > > Thanks, > > /Adde > > -- > fantamejthisisgoodvarjedag
Guest Adde Posted February 16, 2008 Posted February 16, 2008 RE: User Authentication Steve, Thanks for the info. I'll have to do some research on the remote access software we use... but right now I'm leaning towards a script that would create the mapping and provide username and password in one single click. That would work for me as well. -- fantamejthisisgoodvarjedag "Steve Goddard" wrote: > > Start the VPN logon before logon to the laptop, this will create a secure > connection to the network and authenticate you against the domain. If your > VPN software does not support this then its rubbish. In that case logon > locally to the laptop, VPN to work, then RDP to your workstation (or a > server) where you must enter domain details and work as per normal. > > -- > Steve G. > MCSA 2003 +M > > > "Adde" wrote: > > > The problem – When offsite I logon to my computer locally then I use a third > > party remote access provider to VPN into my office, but once connected > > through the VPN I’m not asked to provide any authentication against the > > server and therefore I have no access to the resources residing on the > > server. To work around the problem I have to map a network drive and provide > > \\server_name.domain_name.com\folder_name, then I’m asked to logon with LAN > > credentials. First after providing a valid usern_name@domain_name.com and > > the password I gain access to the server. > > > > Is there a way I could force an authentication to the server once that VPN > > is up and running so I would not have to go through the mapping steps every > > time? > > > > Thanks, > > > > /Adde > > > > -- > > fantamejthisisgoodvarjedag
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