AJJennings
New Member
- Joined
- Apr 1, 2020
- Messages
- 2
- Thread Author
-
- #1
Hi all,
I've been struggling with this issue for a couple weeks now.
I recently deployed an AlwaysOn VPNfor a local engineering firm to allow employees to work from home (especially with the pandemic). I followed several tutorials including Microsoft's own.
I am able to connect successfully to the VPN and ping local devices and servers by IP, FQDN, and Common Name. Th eproblem is that I cannot access the file shares on the primary server or RDC into any of them through any methods.
The network topology is something as follows. I've got a Ciena (modem?) for our fiber optic internet connection. That is connected to a NetVanta 5660 router (with the appropirate firewall ports opened). My Windows Server 2016 VPN/Routing/NAT server has one NIC connected to the NetVanta router with the Public IP configured and the other NIC connected to the private network with a private IP. This NIC is connected to the central unmanaged network switch where al other wired devices are connected. A wireless AP allows for staff with wireless devices to connect to the private network.
I am running a Windows Server 2019 machine configured as a DC, DHCP, DNS, CA, NPS, File, and Printing server. I do not have any Vms in the evironment currently as I'm learning this stuff as I go.
The client device I used in testing is a domain joined machine running Windows 10 Pro.
Here are some of the things I've tried in my conversations and troubleshooting with other sources.
- Network Discovery is enabled on both of the servers and the client device.
- Problem persisted with all firewalls disabled.
- Only running Windows Defender Antivirus currently.
- My Private DNS servers are working as I can resolve local device names.
- I CAN RDC into the VPN server successfully by the private IP and Common Name, but nothing on the private network.
I really need to get this working and I've just hit a bunch of dead ends. If anyone has any advice I would greatly appreciate it.
I've been struggling with this issue for a couple weeks now.
I recently deployed an AlwaysOn VPNfor a local engineering firm to allow employees to work from home (especially with the pandemic). I followed several tutorials including Microsoft's own.
I am able to connect successfully to the VPN and ping local devices and servers by IP, FQDN, and Common Name. Th eproblem is that I cannot access the file shares on the primary server or RDC into any of them through any methods.
The network topology is something as follows. I've got a Ciena (modem?) for our fiber optic internet connection. That is connected to a NetVanta 5660 router (with the appropirate firewall ports opened). My Windows Server 2016 VPN/Routing/NAT server has one NIC connected to the NetVanta router with the Public IP configured and the other NIC connected to the private network with a private IP. This NIC is connected to the central unmanaged network switch where al other wired devices are connected. A wireless AP allows for staff with wireless devices to connect to the private network.
I am running a Windows Server 2019 machine configured as a DC, DHCP, DNS, CA, NPS, File, and Printing server. I do not have any Vms in the evironment currently as I'm learning this stuff as I go.
The client device I used in testing is a domain joined machine running Windows 10 Pro.
Here are some of the things I've tried in my conversations and troubleshooting with other sources.
- Network Discovery is enabled on both of the servers and the client device.
- Problem persisted with all firewalls disabled.
- Only running Windows Defender Antivirus currently.
- My Private DNS servers are working as I can resolve local device names.
- I CAN RDC into the VPN server successfully by the private IP and Common Name, but nothing on the private network.
I really need to get this working and I've just hit a bunch of dead ends. If anyone has any advice I would greatly appreciate it.