Clientless VPN remote file explorer

Question

I'm hoping this is a simple one.  I recently upgraded our ASA 5505 to 9.1.(1).  We have several users that use the clientless VPN from their home systems, and require access to file shares.  I was hoping that the Remote File Explorer listed in the release notes would be an improvement, but I can't seem to find it.  Customizing the Portal, I've enabled "File Server Shares" under applications, but enabling/disabling it seems to do nothing.  "Network drives" is the same old interface.  File Server Entry and Browsing are enabled.  I've also checked the plugins downloads, but I don't see anything that looks right.  What am I missing?

Answer 1

You need to know the IP address of the server on the other side of the VPN.
Network auto-discovery protocols tend to not work over VPN connection (generally you don't want the overhead of the discovery protocols going over the VPN link).
Once you know the IP address of the server, though, you can mount that server via the Finder's Go -> Connect to Server. Once logged into the server you should be able to use the normal Finder actions to navigate the network share.