Help with VPN

[Brian]

Howdy,

I am trying to set up a VPN so that I can work from home.

Here is the current set up.

Work network is peer-to-peer behind router. I have set the router to forward
PPTP to the machine (running WinXP Pro) I wish to work on. I have set up an
advanced connection to accept incoming VPN connections with specified
user/pass.

Home, I have set up a new VPN connection and entered in the IP address of my
work network and am using the user/pass that I set up. This machine is
running WinXP Home.

Problem: I get a 'TCP/IP CP reported error 733' error message when I try to
connect.

Could someone help me understand what I am missing or need to install to
correct this issue?

Thanks.

 

[Leythos]

Problem: I get a 'TCP/IP CP reported error 733' error message when I try to
connect.

733 is common when the GRE is not being passed inbound and/or outbound
properly. Linksys routers sometimes, depending on firmware, require that
you map PORT 47 (even though GRE is not a port) to the inbound PPTP box
you are trying to connect too.

You should also make sure that the network segments are different -
meaning that you should not have 192.168.0.0/24 at the office and
192.168.0.0/24 at home. Make the one at home something like
192.168.10.0/24, reboot everything, and try again - make sure that you go
to the vendors website to learn how they want you to setup PPTP inbound
traffic.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Programs that connect to IP addresses that are in the loopback
address range may not work as you expect in Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=884020

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.mspx

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| Howdy,
|
| I am trying to set up a VPN so that I can work from home.
|
| Here is the current set up.
|
| Work network is peer-to-peer behind router. I have set the router to forward
| PPTP to the machine (running WinXP Pro) I wish to work on. I have set up an
| advanced connection to accept incoming VPN connections with specified
| user/pass.
|
| Home, I have set up a new VPN connection and entered in the IP address of my
| work network and am using the user/pass that I set up. This machine is
| running WinXP Home.
|
| Problem: I get a 'TCP/IP CP reported error 733' error message when I try to
| connect.
|
| Could someone help me understand what I am missing or need to install to
| correct this issue?
|
| Thanks.

 

[Brian]

Thanks for the help, got it going now.

Next question, now that I'm connected, how do I use programs, services, etc.
on the computer I'm connected to?

Thanks again.

 

[Leythos]

Thanks for the help, got it going now.

Next question, now that I'm connected, how do I use programs, services, etc.
on the computer I'm connected to?

There are several means - if you need to have access as though you're
sitting at the computer, then you need to install a remote control program
like the Free VNC Server or PcAnywhere or one like that. When you install
VNC Server on the machine you use your computer at home to connect to the
VPN and then to the VNC service running on the work computer - this lets
you use your keyboard and mouse and screen to control the computer at work.

If you want to access files such that you can copy to/from the work
computer then you need to map a network drive to the computer at work:

NET USE DriveLetter: \\ipaddressofworkcomputer\share

Change drive letter to a unused drive letter on your home computer (Like
H) and the Share on the work computer can be C$ or some other folder you
SHARE at the office. This would give you your local H drive as the C:\
folder on the work computer....

 

[Brian]

Thank you very much.
I was hoping that setting up a VPN would get me around using PCAnywhere, but
it looks like I need it anyway.

I will look into the Free VNC Server solution as well.

THanks.

 

[Leythos]

Thank you very much.
I was hoping that setting up a VPN would get me around using PCAnywhere, but
it looks like I need it anyway.

It can get you around it, but the VPN just gives access to the Network or
machines resources (files) not the desktop. If you want access to run the
programs and such on the machine you will need some form of remote control
software, here's the proper link for it:
http://www.realvnc.com/download.html

If you just want access to the files, then you can just map a network
drive to the machine and access your data without needing to see the
desktop.