Re: VPN and SP2

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From: oj (objohnuk_at_yahoo.co.uk)
Date: 09/01/04 

Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 22:38:38 +0100

As i said previously, the 818043 fix that is suppsed to be in Sp2 IS NOT IN
IT - L2TP VPN's do not work in WinXP SP2 when using Nat-t

Simple, straight forward, error by Microsoft which i'm still trying to get
them to admit.

loads of people have this problem - i have a support incident open with MS
at the moment.

OJ

"Bill Sanderson" <Bill_Sanderson@msn.com.plugh.org> wrote in message
news:Oh8NIG%23jEHA.1800@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> The only hotfix I'm aware of for SP2 is this one:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;%5BLN%5D;884020
>
> It isn't immediately obvious that this relates to your issue, but I
wouldn't
> say for certain that it does not, either.
>
> <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:35a301c48f61$3a721050$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> > Leo,
> >
> > Thanks for the input but I can't configure the Cisco VPN
> > at all. It's a client's VPN package and the only
> > settings are user name and password. Win XP's firewall
> > is off, and my Zone A is off. The only firewall is my
> > Netgear wireless router which has never given any problem
> > before I installed SP2, and has nothing in the log that
> > shows it has blocked anything.
> >
> > I swear I read there was a known problem with a hotfix,
> > and now I can't find it.
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>Ewww, Mark, turn that firewall back on !
> >>
> >>Wild guess: Turn off the built-in firewall in Cisco's
> > vpn client (which in
> >>fact is a barebone zonealarm jobbie)
> >>Also, cisco's vpn client will prolly be running across
> > port 500. you might
> >>want to try and make an exception in the icf for that
> > port (on udp)
> >>But that's me guessing...:)
> >>
> >>Leo
> >>
> >>"Mark" wrote:
> >>
> >>> Thought I read somewhere on the MS sight that the
> > Cisco
> >>> VPN didn't work with SP2. I've put SP2 on both XP
> >>> computers at home and cannot connect now. No, no,
> > it's
> >>> not the XP firewall. First thing I did was turn that
> >>> off.
> >>>
> >>> I read this was a known issue and that there is a
> >>> hotfix. I can't find it in the KB. Anyone know how I
> >>> get it?
> >>>
> >>.
> >>
>
>

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