Re: VPN Help...

From: Sooner Al [MVP] (SoonerAl_at_somewhere.net.invalid)
Date: 02/23/05 

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 15:54:49 -0600

Can you connect to the VPN server from a remote location using WiFi versus your BT phone and
successfully logon? Don't even try to access shares, just logon from a WiFi hotspot... 

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    Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)
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"Ian Bethell" <djsky@REMOVE ME-djsky.co.uk> wrote in message 
news:qf6Td.206535$K7.108586@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> Right, really flippin stumped on this one...
>
> Here's what i've got...
> Dell axim x50v
> Nokia 6630 phone
> XP Pro machine at home
> Belkin 7230 router
>
> network at home works fine, i have shared directories that i can access password protected 
> directories by logging on as my man username and password.
>
> I use bluetooth to access the internet from my ppc2003.
> In "Connections" the first page sets programs accessing the internet and programs accessing 
> private network.... both are set to "Bluetooth settings"
>
> in Bluetooth Settings, Modem is just the one entry, that is *99# to access the internet.
> Proxy settings are clear apart from This network connects to the internet.
> VPN settings are My VPN which is the ip address of my home network (This is what i use with 
> terminal services and works fine, so i know the address is ok)
> within VPN settings, i have PPTP selected.
> user name is ian bethell (my name, i have also tried \SKYLIGHT\ian bethell)
> password is my password
> advanced settings here are use server assigned ip address, use slip is NOT selected, but the other 
> two ARE software compression and Header compression.
> SERVERS are use serever assigned address.
>
>
> Procedure....
> power on...
> start
> file explorer
> click on the hand holding a computer icon...
> the OPEN dialogue box pops up...
> type in \\SKYLIGHT\
> the PPC then dials up with my Nokia 6630
> BUT THEN... I get Network resource cannot be found or you do not have permission to access the 
> network.
>
> :-(
>
> What's going wrong?
>
>
> "Sooner Al [MVP]" <SoonerAl@somewhere.net.invalid> wrote in message 
> news:uvjAdkeGFHA.2412@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> You can test PPTP VPN through your router from a laptop/remote PC... See this Cable Guy 
>> article... Look at the "VPN Traffic" section...
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg0105.mspx#EBAA
>>
>> Get the XP Support Tools from...
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?amp;displaylang=en&familyid=49ae8576-9bb9-4126-9761-ba8011fabf38&displaylang=en
>>
>> -- 
>>    Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)
>>
>> Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the mutual benefit of all of us...
>> The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights...
>>
>> "Ian Bethell" <djsky@REMOVE ME-djsky.co.uk> wrote in message 
>> news:3A5Td.206518$K7.86142@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>>> Yep, been through all this... I have a belkin router that apparently allows pptp pass through, 
>>> have enabled ports 1723 and 47 TCP on my router.
>>>
>>> I connect to the internet, go to file explorer, then neither my computer name entered \\name\ or 
>>> even the ip address with any combination of back slashes... just comes up with connecting to 
>>> server, then "network path not found!".
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Sooner Al [MVP]" <SoonerAl@somewhere.net.invalid> wrote in message 
>>> news:O6AxjAeGFHA.2132@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>> First get your PC out of the DMZ...That is a BIG security risk if your not running personal 
>>>> firewall software on the PC...
>>>>
>>>> See this page for help with PPTP VPN...
>>>>
>>>> http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/WM2003/WM2003PPTPVPN.html
>>>>
>>>> Note that some consumer grade routers are problematic when it comes to passing GRE Protocol 47 
>>>> traffic through the router. It can be heavily dependent on the firmware installed... Some work 
>>>> and some do not... Its a real crap shoot...
>>>>
>>>> Good luck...
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>>    Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)
>>>>
>>>> Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the mutual benefit of all of 
>>>> us...
>>>> The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>>>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights...
>>>>
>>>> "Ian Bethell" <djsky@REMOVE ME-djsky.co.uk> wrote in message 
>>>> news:jZ4Td.206449$K7.110347@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>>>>> ok, trying to connect my Dell Axim X50v so i can access my shared files on my pc at home 
>>>>> whilst on an internet hotspot in another part of the country.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have it all set up i believe, and also have my home pc set in the DMZ on my router.
>>>>>
>>>>> I can access terminal services fine from my PPC by simply entering my IP address... but can't 
>>>>> seem to connect to my VPN.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas? is there a simple tutorial set-up for idiots guide? I'm using PPC 2003second 
>>>>> edition, and home PC is on XP Pro.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ta.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

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