The user is connecting from an XP machine to a Win2003 server at work. The user has been successfully connecting for year+. Last week the connection failed. The user can VPN successfully, and then can ping the gateway of the subnet the servers reside on but no further (apparently - checked random devices which all failed). The user can still connect to servers in other subnets. Meanwhile, other users have absolutely no problems connecting to the network/servers remotely and continue to work as usual. Why would this users home PC suddenly fail to have access to this subnet? What are the possiblities? Security is lax. There are no firewalls between subnets, no switching layers. Nothing in the company network of any significance has changed. On the users home network, a wireless router has been added but then if this were the problem, seems to me she wouldn't be able to connect at all. Please feel free to sound off - I'm looking for any angle I might not have considered. thanks
Have you looked at the event logs on the server side to see if there are any clues? -- Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows â Desktop User Experience) Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the mutual benefit of all of us... The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights... How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "hpoincare" wrote in message news:84F23069-4548-407C-9CC8-A9AD354C14A3@microsoft.com... > The user is connecting from an XP machine to a Win2003 server at work. The > user has been successfully connecting for year+. Last week the connection > failed. The user can VPN successfully, and then can ping the gateway of > the > subnet the servers reside on but no further (apparently - checked random > devices which all failed). The user can still connect to servers in other > subnets. > > Meanwhile, other users have absolutely no problems connecting to the > network/servers remotely and continue to work as usual. > > Why would this users home PC suddenly fail to have access to this subnet? > What are the possiblities? > > Security is lax. There are no firewalls between subnets, no switching > layers. Nothing in the company network of any significance has changed. On > the users home network, a wireless router has been added but then if this > were the problem, seems to me she wouldn't be able to connect at all. > > Please feel free to sound off - I'm looking for any angle I might not have > considered. > thanks
