On each affected endpoint, two VPN connections exist 1. Standard VPN (split tunnel) 2. Full Tunnel VPN Symptom: when connected to standard VPN (split tunnel), access to mapped network drives (e.g., S: drive to \\server\share) fails with following error: An error occurred while reconnecting S: to \\server\share ... The network path was not found Connecting to "full tunnel" VPN does not result in this same error When this error is observed during a split-tunnel VPN connected session, we have verified the following: - DNS server = 10.10.10.xx (correct) - Ping tests to the server in question are successful (both to SMB name and the FQDN of server) - Credential manager on endpoints checked, and no domain-related entries found - Access mapped drive S: drive fails, as do SMB connection attempt to \\server and \\server.office.<company>.com The following WORKAROUND seems to reliably allow SMB/mapped drives to be accessible however: 1. Connect to FULL TUNNEL vpn and then access S: drive while connected (this step is required, as not accessing S: drive doesn’t allow the subsequent standard VPN connection to access S: drive) 2. Disconnect from full tunnel VPN 3. Then connect to standard VPN (split tunnel) ...at this point, S: and all other mapped drives on <SERVER> are confirmed to become available at the endpoint It's worth noting that only a handful of endpoints are afflicted with this issue; other endpoints using the identical split-tunnel VPN connection (created via PS script, so we can confirm the VPN config is identical) have no issues in accessing SMB resources over VPN, whether split-tunnel or otherwise The interface metric (for the IPv4 layer of standard VPN) on each affected endpoint has been confirmed to be higher precedence (lower value) and we have further verified the active DNS at endpoint during VPN-connected sessions is the office-based DNS server
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