Cannot connect to windows server by name over vpn connection

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Published on 2012-08-27T20:45:58Z Indexed on 2012/08/27 21:41 UTC
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I have a rented dedicated windows server on a public ip that is acting as a SQL Server and VPN server. I need to connect to this server via computer name to get replication in place. I cannot use an ip address due to this issue:

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So, due to this, we are going the VPN route.

That is my primary issue:

After I am connected to this server's vpn, I can connect to SQL Server using the ip address but I cannot connect by the computer's name as you can see below...

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Right now, there is no hardware firewall on it since I had it removed to test this issue.

I am running Windows 2008 Enterprise Server as the VPN server.

I am not sure if the route print will help any from the workstation trying to connect but here is the info:

IPv4 Route Table

Active Routes: Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric 10.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2 21

10.0.0.2 255.255.255.255 On-link 10.0.0.2 276

Any other info needed?

Thanks for the help!

========= CLARIFICATION ON A FEW THINGS #1 =========

This is the server's info:

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This is the workstation that is trying to connect:

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I connect to the server via "Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network and Sharing Center\Connect or Disconnect"

You can see here that I am connected:

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========= CLARIFICATION ON A FEW THINGS #2 =========

I've tried to connect directly to the Sql Server as I did above but with the computers name and I couldn't get to it.

Here I am trying to net view it from the workstation and it couldn't find it:

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