I have a situation that has me stumped. I have a client who works from his home. He has 2 clerical people who require read/write access to files that are in 1 folder on his computer.
My problem is that when I connect to the site using Windows VPN, I connect within 15 seconds. However, I cannot map a drive letter. I normally open a command prompt and type in:
net use S: \\workstationname\Share
This responds with an error 53. The network path was not found. I have also tried the above command with /User:username at the end of the line.
Usually, but not every time, I can ping the router. I do not get a ping response from the workstation.
The computer is running W7P x64, the router is an ASUS RT-N16.
I have shared the folder (read/write) that the staff need access to on the workstation
I have opened port 1723 on the PC firewall
I have enabled VPN on the server and used port forwarding to the static IP workstation.
What did I miss? This is supposed to be so simple?