I just created a VPN connection to my server. I can successfully connect to it from my laptop. My question is, I have a folder on the server called SchoolStuff and want to connect to that folder from my laptop. How do I go about doing that. Can I do a network drive on it or something?
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VPN connection and shared folder
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You could map a network drive or go to start>run then type in \\sername\foldername and click on okay. If that doesn't work try by ip address. \\10.10.10.11\foldername
depending on the OS, and other people here may correct me.
but in my experience, having a mapped drive of a VPN share causes long load times when the computer is first booting as the computer is trying to find the share which dosent exist unless the VPN is connected
if you do find this the case, i use a NET USE command with persistent:NO and store it in a .bat file and run it via a shortcut just after connecting to the VPN,
i have some old users and i give them a "step1, step 2" approach to VPN access
NET USE G: "\\servername\sharename" password /USER:domainname\username /persistent:no
some people might find this silly though
i dont claim to be awesome, just to make things work
but in my experience, having a mapped drive of a VPN share causes long load times when the computer is first booting as the computer is trying to find the share which dosent exist unless the VPN is connected
if you do find this the case, i use a NET USE command with persistent:NO and store it in a .bat file and run it via a shortcut just after connecting to the VPN,
i have some old users and i give them a "step1, step 2" approach to VPN access
NET USE G: "\\servername\sharename" password /USER:domainname\username /persistent:no
some people might find this silly though
i dont claim to be awesome, just to make things work