Hi, I have a situation whereby a company group uses SBS2000 in each of its 3 remote offices independantly (each office is a different company within the group and do not need to be joined
The director's laptop uses the same static ip address for each branch, i.e. 192.168.16.9 and a DNS record in each branch points this address to the local AD in order for him to be recognised on each domain. (His computer/username account is the same in each branch)
Problem: On random occasions, when he connects to a remote branch and tries to access the COMPANY folder, the folder shows up as being "empty", even though there are numerous folders in it
The problem only occurs at the remote offices and not at the original location where he spends most of his time (and where his email account is kept)
Is this perhaps something to do with Windows XP Pro using a cache somewhere along the line which needs to be flushed
Is there anyway to solve this problem so that he can log on to any branch and access their COMPANY folder
PS: Yes, Windows 2003 servers linked by VPN is the next step, but at the moment, cost is unfortunately an issue.