mapped networ drives via vpn site to site

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Hi, we have a headoffice and three branchoffices. Headoffice uses XG135, branchoffice use 1 x XG 125 and 2 x XG 86 
 I have created VPNs with automatically created firewall rules. Each branchoffice uses the DefautBranchoffice Policy and the headoffice the DefaultHeadoffice policy. The branchoffices can access all services at the headoffice as needed, but we need to take backups from servers in the branchoffices via mapped network drives and we cannot access any branch from the headoffice. We can't ping the servers, we can't map network drives. It seems that the traffic is only routed towards the headoffice. I have searched the forum and google, but no solution so far has helped. WOuld be grateful for any ideas what I could check> Thanks B.

Fred_B · Answer

Same answer, you have to create the site to site rules for what you allow specifically. 
 I do not know what rules are automatically created but you can check the log to see what traffic is blocked from the remote IP. If blocked an allow all traffic for that specific zone / VPN ip range to see if it works with that could be a first step to see if the routing is allright.

brucepott · Answer

Ok, very sorry, this was actually not a problem of the VPN.

I was always testing this from a server in the headoffice. However, that server has also a DNAT rule configured. So it only did not work form THAT server.

Of course, now I have another problem :-)

Thanks for all the help.

mapped networ drives via vpn site to site

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