Topic 'long file path doesn't resolve over PPTP' in forum 'Virtual Private Networking' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/long-file-path-doesnt-resolve-over-PPTP-22165301 en Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:29:27 EDT Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:29:27 EDT Re: long file path doesn't resolve over PPTP http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-long-file-path-doesnt-resolve-over-PPTP-22330799
Typically, if there is a space in the name, you need to enclose it in quotes. Like so: "\\servername\share\long directory name"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-long-file-path-doesnt-resolve-over-PPTP-22330799 Sat, 02 May 2009 20:49:52 EDT Re: long file path doesn't resolve over PPTP http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-long-file-path-doesnt-resolve-over-PPTP-22328972 support.microsoft.com/kb/150800
Seeing a computer in the browse list does not imply you can connect to it. If it is on your local segment, you can connect through broadcast; if it is on a remote segment, you need an LMHOSTS entry for it.
VPN = remote segment.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-long-file-path-doesnt-resolve-over-PPTP-22328972 Sat, 02 May 2009 12:14:10 EDT Re: long file path doesn't resolve over PPTP http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-long-file-path-doesnt-resolve-over-PPTP-22328936 said by JamesLevinworth :

I'll second what jmycknshk See Profile saidCorrection: I meant rjs1003 See Profile]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-long-file-path-doesnt-resolve-over-PPTP-22328936 Sat, 02 May 2009 12:03:33 EDT Re: long file path doesn't resolve over PPTP http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-long-file-path-doesnt-resolve-over-PPTP-22328931 See Profile said, that creating a share for that folder would be a workaround you should consider.

If you believe it's a name resolution slow down, you could try putting an lmhosts file on that machine which will pre-cache the machine name resolution. If the IP isn't static, using this approach will cause issues if the ip does change. I personally use static on my clients for this, as this as well as other reasons, to aid in name resolution and browsing over vpn which is widely used in my setup.

»www.howtonetworking.com/Windows/lmhosts.htm
»support.microsoft.com/kb/314108

Sometimes the old fashioned way works best.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-long-file-path-doesnt-resolve-over-PPTP-22328931 Sat, 02 May 2009 12:02:01 EDT Re: long file path doesn't resolve over PPTP http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-long-file-path-doesnt-resolve-over-PPTP-22325482 --
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-long-file-path-doesnt-resolve-over-PPTP-22325482 Fri, 01 May 2009 16:16:44 EDT Re: long file path doesn't resolve over PPTP http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-long-file-path-doesnt-resolve-over-PPTP-22325141
I just tried and had no problem navigating 6 levels deep. A bit slow over a UMTS connection, but still had no issues. But then I wasn't using DNS, just IP addresses in the UNC path.

I use the XP PPTP client to connect to my router at home.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-long-file-path-doesnt-resolve-over-PPTP-22325141 Fri, 01 May 2009 15:14:00 EDT Re: long file path doesn't resolve over PPTP http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-long-file-path-doesnt-resolve-over-PPTP-22323941
Bob]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-long-file-path-doesnt-resolve-over-PPTP-22323941 Fri, 01 May 2009 11:37:04 EDT Re: long file path doesn't resolve over PPTP http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-long-file-path-doesnt-resolve-over-PPTP-22323483 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-long-file-path-doesnt-resolve-over-PPTP-22323483 Fri, 01 May 2009 10:14:42 EDT long file path doesn't resolve over PPTP http://www.dslreports.com/forum/long-file-path-doesnt-resolve-over-PPTP-22165301
we've made sure all her DNS is setup correctly, but it still seems slow.
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