Re: VPN - can connect from work to home but not vice versa

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From: Jeffrey Randow (MVP) (jeffreyr-support_at_remotenetworktechnology.com)
Date: 02/05/04 

Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 20:43:01 -0600

It sounds like your office firewall is blocking PPTP
Passthrough/GRE.... Check your firewall/router for this setting.

Jeffrey Randow (Windows Net. & Smart Display MVP)
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On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 18:13:20 -0700, "Evan" <News@BullheadLaughlin.com>
wrote:

>I have managed to stumble my way through establishing a vpn connection from
>my work computer to home. I can see shares and everything (wow!). If I try
>to connect from home to work it gets stuck on verifying password. Both
>machines are on dsl. I have tried to duplicate the settings in both
>locations. Does anything jump out that could cause this behavior? I don't
>know enough about the authentication process to understand why it would work
>one way and not the other. Any ideas?
>

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