Hi,

I have a computer in my office, and my laptop at home.

I want to be able to access resources at my office when I'm at home.
Both computers are Windows 8.1 based, and in both I'm the Admin.

I've successfully created a VPN connection. I've configured my office router to allow PPTP 1793 port connections.

I've configured the Office computer as the VPN server, and successfully connected to it when I was at home.

I was expecting to see the office computer as part of the network , but unfortunately I can't get to see that computer when I'm at home.

I was searching the web for solution. I've found a possible solution, which didn't help me - to set Network to be Private, in Windows settings via registry or network policy, but that didn't help.

How can I access my office computer, when I am at home?

Thanks!
Amir.

Hi,

Please check if you've turned on Network Discovery, file and printer sharing for the appropriate network profile under "Network and Sharing Center".

Go to the properties of the VPN connection, double click ipv4\Advanced, uncheck the box for "Use default gateway on remote network."

Regards

You may also need to verify the network settings of your VPN connection. Check the IP address assigned to your VPN adapter and to the remote computer (VPN server). Verify that you can access the remote computer by IP address (\\x.x.x.x) in File Explorer.

VPN connections often use a separate subnet and IP range and thus computers detected across this adapter are not seen by network discovery. You will need to enter the computer name (if DNS is working over the VPN link) or IP address to access the remote computer.

Also consider that when a VPN connection is established the client is effectively joining the server network, not the other way around.

Brandon
Windows Outreach Team- IT Pro
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