Re: home network problems

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 09/12/04


Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 12:40:09 -0700

Lance,

Your the Man !

Cisco VPN was the culprit. As soon as I unloaded it all
was well.

Thanks for responding to my post !

Bob

>-----Original Message-----
>I think I'm beginning to sound like a fanatic about
this...
>
>Deterministic Network Enhancer is one item installed by
Cisco 3000 VPN.
>I don't know if other VPN clients use this too. Maybe
your problem is
>similar and you can modify my solution to your needs.
>
>In my case, I've used Cisco for awhile then updated to
SP2. The update
>appears to break the Cisco client. I used Add/Remove
Programs to remove
>Cisco without clearing up the problem. The symptoms are
very similar to
>having a firewall installed on the problem computer, but
no obvious
>firewall softwall can be found. I found these ZoneLabs
firewall
>components on my computer - vsutil.dll and vsdatant.sys.
>
>To fix this problem, I did the following:
>
>1) Find and use complete manual uninstall instructions
for Cisco VPN
>client and ZoneAlarm.
>
>2) Reset TCP/IP stack
>
>3) Reinstall Cisco VPN Client
>
>4) Add exception to Windows Firewall suggested in Cisco
support forum.
>(Mine works fine without it, but some people seem to
need it)
>
>5) Uncheck "Stateful firewall" in the Cisco Client so I
could use my
>home network during a VPN session.
>
>If you are running Cisco 3000 VPN, I have links to the
detailed manual
>uninstall instructions, or you can search for some of my
previous posts.
>
>Really hope this helps,
>
>Lance
>*****
>
>nayborbob thought carefully and wrote on 9/12/2004 4:45
AM:
>
>> My bad - I am running service pack 2. Forgot to
mention,
>> I have made the exception for remote desktop. I even
>> completely disabled the firewalls on both computers,
>> Both are set up for networking and both use tcp/ip
>> internet protocal. I use vpn from the desktop to
connect
>> to a work computer, and thought that maybe some of the
>> stuff that the vpn adds into the network configuration
>> was the problem, so I loaded the vpn s/w on both
>> computers. But still no luck.
>>
>> Here is a summary of the stuff I have under my network
>> properties:
>>
>> 1) client for ms networks
>> 2) file & print sharing for ms networks
>> 3) deterministic network enhancer
>> 4) service advertising protocal
>> 5) QoS packet scheduler
>> 6) nwlink netbios
>> 7) nwlink ipx/spx/netbios compatible transport protocal
>> 8) internet protocal (tcp/ip)
>>
>> I believe that 4 and 5 get added when I install vpn
for
>> work.
>>
>> My network is as follows:
>> 192.168.0.1 - wireless router
>> 192.168.0.2 - desktop wired to router
>> 192.168.0.3 - laptop usb wireless connected to router
>>
>> want to run .2 remotely from .3, cannot ping .3
from .2
>> but can do the reverse for remote desktop and ping.
>>
>> Any help is greatly appreciated as I have spent a ton
of
>> time troubleshooting.
>>
>> ps also have tried router set up w/ and w/o security,
but
>> since I can file share I dont think that is the problem
>>
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Don't know what SP3 is, but if you are running SP2
with
>>
>> the firewall
>>
>>>enabled, go to Control Panel/Security Center. On the
>>
>> Exceptions tab for the
>>
>>>Windows Firewall, check the box for Remote Desktop.
>>>
>>>Doug Sherman
>>>MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP
>>>
>>>"nayborbob" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote
>>
>> in message
>>
>>>news:071501c49835$41547840$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>>Help
>>>>
>>>>I have a home network using a desktop and laptop pc,
>>
>> both
>>
>>>>with WXP pro and SP3. Using netgear wireless router
>>>>connected by wire to the desktop and by wireless
>>
>> netgear
>>
>>>>usb adapter to laptop.
>>>>
>>>>I set up a network and can file share.
>>>>
>>>>I can run remote desktop from the desktop to the
>>
>> laptop,
>>
>>>>but not the other way around
>>>>
>>>>I can ping the laptop from the desktop, but not the
>>>>other way around.
>>>>
>>>>I want to run remote desktop on the laptop to control
>>
>> the
>>
>>>>desktop.
>>>>
>>>>Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
>>>>Bob
>>>
>>>
>>>.
>>>
>.
>



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