Re: Can't login multiple computers from home...

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I meant the NAT router on your home network.

John Riddle wrote:
> I don't think that this is the case. I've simply opened the necessary
> ports and the connection is made from the client directly to the RRAS
> server. I'm not using VPN pass-through or anything like that.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
> "Bill Grant" <not.available@online> wrote in message
> news:%23H109jInFHA.1412@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> This could be a limitation of your NAT router. Some will only
> allow one VPN connection to be made through them. RRAS has a built-in
> NAT editor to allow multiple VPN connections.
>
> John Riddle wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have our office network set up so that users can login and work
>> from home via VPN (PPTP). There are no problems and many users login
>> simultaneously. However, at my own home I have 4 PC's. My workstation
>> is in my office and I do a lot of work from there. I also have a
>> laptop that I use while watching TV in the living room or in another
>> room I have an HTPC with Windows Media Center using a 50" plasma
>> display (not really relevant), but my point is that if my office
>> workstation is connected via VPN to the office network, I cannot
>> connect any of my other PC's unless I disconnect the office
>> workstation first. There are obviously times when I'm in the living
>> room or else where in the house and simply want to check my email
>> really quickly and do not want to run to the office to disconnect my
>> workstation there first.
>>
>> Is there a setting or something else I can do so that I can have
>> multiple PC's connected via VPN to the office network at once? I've
>> tried logging using the Administrator credentials one the fist and my
>> personal credentials on the second and this does not work. All PC's
>> are behind a NAT router/firewall at home so the RAS server is seeing
>> them all as coming from the same IP. I really don't want to put any
>> of the machines in the DMZ.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> John


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