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Problems with VPN using Windows And Router.I have been trying to setup an VPN connection between two personal
computers. One is my sons and one is mine. I have setup windows to accept incoming connections, so that it lets VPN connections to be made. then with his PC i have put my Public IP address the one given to me by the ISP and tried to connect but everytime i try it just says that the host is unreachable and wheather i want to redial. The user account that i am using to logon with is the same at both ends. I am using a Netgear DG834GT Router. I have checked my log and it shows that nothing has tried to connect to me. I have pinged my router and it works. So the Router is on the internet but either he router is not routing the messages. I have looked for Port forwarding for the router and the router does not need to be setup in this way becuase it automatically lets VPN connections through. Can anyone help me?
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"naza" <naza***@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message It sounds like your trying to use the built-in PPTP VPN server and client news:1167329744.120621.138170@48g2000cwx.googlegroups.com... >I have been trying to setup an VPN connection between two personal > computers. One is my sons and one is mine. I have setup windows to > accept incoming connections, so that it lets VPN connections to be > made. then with his PC i have put my Public IP address the one given to > me by the ISP and tried to connect but everytime i try it just says > that the host is unreachable and wheather i want to redial. The user > account that i am using to logon with is the same at both ends. I am > using a Netgear DG834GT Router. I have checked my log and it shows that > nothing has tried to connect to me. I have pinged my router and it > works. So the Router is on the internet but either he router is not > routing the messages. I have looked for Port forwarding for the router > and the router does not need to be setup in this way becuase it > automatically lets VPN connections through. Can anyone help me? > for XP. If that's the case you need to forward TCP Port 1723 on the router the server PC is behind and make sure the router also passes GRE Protocol 47 traffic. The latter is sometimes called "PPTP Pass Through" or "VPN Pass Through" depending on the manufacturer of the router. Note that some consumer grade routers have issues with GRE Protocol 47 traffic. You can test this using the "PPTP Ping" and "VPN Traffic" sections on this page.. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg0105.mspx http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_vpn_server.htm http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_vpn.htm If you can't get GRE Protocol 47 traffic through your router you might look at using Secure Shell (SSH) and WinSCP as an alternative for an encrypted, safe and secure way to access files remotely... http://www.itefix.no/phpws/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=12&MMN_position=22:22 http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/Ssh/SecureYourcopSSHServer.html http://winscp.net/eng/index.php -- Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking) Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the mutual benefit of all of us... The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights... I have managed to get the ports to forward and let remote hosts connect
to the computer. But i have a new error code 733. What is this and how do i solve this problem "naza" <naza***@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message You might check out Bob Lin's VPN Error's page for help...news:1167337628.924830.260760@i12g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >I have managed to get the ports to forward and let remote hosts connect > to the computer. But i have a new error code 733. > What is this and how do i solve this problem > http://www.howtonetworking.com/vpnerrors.htm -- Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking) Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the mutual benefit of all of us... The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights... Thanx for the link. I have mange to sort most the problems out but one.
When i try to connect to the client computers or even if the client connects to the server and try to access the shared areas using explorer in \\server\sharedarea format it does not connect and does not list the other computer in the workgroup computers. I dont know wheather it is supposed to but i know it should let the users access the other computers shared areas "naza" <naza***@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message If your trying to access the server, or other PCs on the remote network, by news:1167341252.491714.231610@n51g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... > Thanx for the link. I have mange to sort most the problems out but one. > When i try to connect to the client computers or even if the client > connects to the server and try to access the shared areas using > explorer in \\server\sharedarea format it does not connect and does not > list the other computer in the workgroup computers. I dont know > wheather it is supposed to but i know it should let the users access > the other computers shared areas > name you may need to use a lmhosts or hosts file to map names to LAN IP addresses. Here is an example lmhosts file which is based on this example network... http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/Vista/PPTP/Examplelmhosts.txt http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/Vista/PPTP/ExampleVistaVPNNetwork.pdf http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314884/en-us Also make sure NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on your machines... http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/evaluate/technol/tcpipfund/tcpipfund_ch11.mspx#EZD You might look at Chuck's file sharing information for further help... http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html Good luck... -- Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking) Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the mutual benefit of all of us... The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights... > Also make sure NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on your machines... I have checked and NetBIOS is probally what i causing the problem. The> > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/evaluate/technol/tcpipfund/tcpipfund_ch11.mspx#EZD > > You might look at Chuck's file sharing information for further help... > > http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html > > Good luck... client is using netbios but how can i tell that the Windows XP Pro is using NetBIOS for the VPN. 
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