Cannot Access Network Drives from Different VLAN

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Steve_M
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Cannot Access Network Drives from Different VLAN

I have an MX67 with a server containing network drives plugged directly into one port, and another computer plugged into another port. There are no switches involved. 

 

If I put the server and the other computer in the same VLAN, I can access the network drives just fine. 

 

However, if I put them in different VLANs, I lose access to the drives in the server. 

 

Does anyone know how I could address this? The use case for this would be to allow VPN clients in a different subnet to access the network drives. 

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Steve_M
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I was able to access the network drives by using the IP address of the server, instead of the server name. Granted, the firewall in the server is disabled, and I installed a new switch, so I don't know if using the IP address alone would have solved the issue from the beginning. 

 

Thank you everyone for the comments.

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Brash
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What do your Layer 3 firewall rules look like under "Security & SD-WAN -> Firewall"?
Are you using any group policies for either of the two devices?

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alemabrahao
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Try disabling the firewall on both, the server and workstation. Are you sure that you don't have any L3 firewall rule blocking It?

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Here's a screenshot of the firewall.

 

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alemabrahao
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In that case, I think you should open a support case.

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n0tHiNg
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Whats is the setting at SDWAN > Addressing & VLAN > Per-port vlan setting

Steve_M
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I was able to access the network drives by using the IP address of the server, instead of the server name. Granted, the firewall in the server is disabled, and I installed a new switch, so I don't know if using the IP address alone would have solved the issue from the beginning. 

 

Thank you everyone for the comments.

alemabrahao
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Well, If you don't have an internal DNS server It makes sense, You need to set a DNS server on the VPN to translate the IP on the name. The problem here is that you never mentioned it before. Sometimes we need all details to help better.

I am not a Cisco Meraki employee. My suggestions are based on documentation of Meraki best practices and day-to-day experience.

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