HomeGroup over VPN

[bigwig]

Hi,

I try to connect to my Homegroup via VPN.

It is very strange, I can print, the shared folders are available but i can't connect to the Homegroup!

IPv6 and IPv4 are connected!

Any Idea?

 

[ryo]

hello and welcome
make sure you're setting homegroup.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/43972-homegroup-add-computer-join.html
and did you already try to ping to the IP while you connected using vpn client ?? is it reply or..?

 

[bigwig]

Yes settings are correct (inside lan or wlan it works) and if i ping the server he answeres

 

[chev65]

Hi,

I try to connect to my Homegroup via VPN.

It is very strange, I can print, the shared folders are available but i can't connect to the Homegroup!

IPv6 and IPv4 are connected!

Any Idea?

VPN access using Homegroups is not a supported feature of Homegroups. You also can't use Homegroups while in a domain. So the behavior you are seeing is normal because Homegroups isn't made to work with a VPN.

 

[bigwig]

Hmm Okay but I thougt that the HomeGroups work over the Network, and a VPN shows the Network and the Client that the Client is connected to the Network.

So i thought it had to work

 

[chev65]

The new Windows server code named Vail will be able to use Homegroups so it will work over a non LAN network but none of the older Servers like Windows server 08 or 03 can use Homegroups and it won't work over a VPN or Domain.

Other than that Homegroups will only work properly on a LAN using all Windows 7 machines.

 

[bigwig]

yes, but all the machines use windows7 pro, also the server!