Re: XP Pro 678 problem.

On 23 Mar, 11:02, "Control Freq" <n...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On Mar 23, 1:20 am, "Shenan Stanley" <newshel...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:





Control Freq wrote:
I have Error 678 when trying to VPN to my corporate server.

Googling shows that I am not alone in this, however, my problem
isn't connected with the router(s).

I have two laptop computers, both with XP Pro SP2. Both connect to
my home network OK, and both can surf the internet.
But, only one of them can connect to the VPN. Both are trying to use
PPTP.

I have turned off windows firewall and un-installed any antivirus or
third party firewalls, but I cannot get my other laptop to connect!
I know the username and password are correct, and I checked that all
settings are identical.

So, what could the problem be?
I know that my network infrastructure is OK because I have one
laptop which works fine!

Usually, with dsl/cable routers - only one PPTP/VPN connection is allowed
through at a time.
Are you saying that one can connect and THEN the other cannot - are are you
trying to connect at different times?

I am trying at different times.
The other laptop isn't even switched on at the moment. So, I am only
using one VPN connection at a time.



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I have seen a suggestion that if I do 'netstat -a' from a dos prompt I
should see port 1723 LISTENING.
I don't see 1723 in the list!
Should it be there? and how do I get it in the list?
Is it a service which I need to start?

Regards

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