Accessing svn repo wtih TortoiseSVN from work vs. home + VPN

Question

I get the same error described in this other SO post. The difference is that things are working when I'm at work where I don't have to VPN to the network. But when I try to access the same exact SVN repo from home I get the following error: TortoiseSVN Error: “OPTIONS of ‘https://…’ could not connect to server (…)”

This was never a problem until recently when I upgraded to the latest TortoiseSVN and VisualSVN builds. I should also mention that at the time of the upgraded I made Chrome my default browser but not sure if this has anything to do with it.

I've sense reverted TortoiseSVN to the previous build and switched my default browser back to IE but I'm still unable to connect to the repo from home. Please help!

Answer 1

Are you able to access the svn repository through your browser? As well as testing the connection that should tell you if there are any certificate issues to be dealt with.

Answer 2

• Have you verified that the VPN for you're work connects you inside the corporate network?

• Can you do anything that you could do at work like access file shares on internal servers or access development servers?

• Please supply exact error from your IE/FF when navigating to the VisualSVN URL.

Ok, so you cannot access the SVN repository thru your browser which narrows the problem down to either networking configuration (proxy server, firewall) or the server will only allow access from specific IP addresses.

• Can you RDP to a server in the workplace and verify access to the HTTPS site via the browser is successfull? If this fails, can you verify that VisualSVN is running?

Answer 3

You might just need to set the proxy. Upgrading Tortoise versions would unset the proxy, and changing browsers would do the same browser-side. I get the same error through vpn when I forget to set the proxy.