Re: TRYING to VPN to HOME PC WIN2k incoming connection xp pro to connect

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dvonstein@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
also on the win2k home machine i have set up allow incoming connection
with vpn allowed

If you are trying to test it from within your home network, you need to
use the local "private" IP address of the VPN server. VPN will work over a
LAN connection, so you should be able to make a connection. If you can't,
you will need to check the setup on the "server".

When you can connect locally you can try again from a remote client. For
PPTP you will need to forward tcp port 1723 from the router to the server's
LAN IP. The client needs to use the router's public IP to connect. The
connnection through the Internet is to the router. Then the router forwards
the traffic to the VPN server on the LAN.

If you get an error 721, your router is probably blocking GRE, which is
required for PPTP. See if your router has a way to allow GRE (which is IP
protocol 47). It may have someting like PPTP pass-through mode.


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