XP VPN problem

[Isaac]

I'm using Windows VPN connection to connect to a server
which address is 10.0.0.1 .
but for some reason although the VPN connection works and
I appear to be connected , when I try to connect to the
server through the VPN (telnet 10.0.0.1) I think my
machine is making a connection on my local LAN to address
10.0.0.1 instead of the remote network.

What am I missing ?

 

[Bob]

I'm using Windows VPN connection to connect to a server
which address is 10.0.0.1 .
but for some reason although the VPN connection works and
I appear to be connected , when I try to connect to the
server through the VPN (telnet 10.0.0.1) I think my
machine is making a connection on my local LAN to address
10.0.0.1 instead of the remote network.

What am I missing ?

Where is the VPN Client machine? If it's on the same network as the
VPN Server, the connection will not work properly.

You must connect over a wide area network. When you do the VPN Client
will become a member of the network the VPN Server is on, and then you
can use the LAN IP address to access the shares on the VPN Server.

At least that's how PPTP seems to work.

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[Isaac]

The VPN client machine is not on the same network as the
server .
When I try the same thing with a win98 machine on my
network I connect without any problems .
It's just with the Xp machines I don't connect. and
instead of connecting to 10.0.0.1 on the remote network
it tries conncting to 10.0.0.1 on my local Lan.

 

[Bob]

The VPN client machine is not on the same network as the
server .
When I try the same thing with a win98 machine on my
network I connect without any problems .
It's just with the Xp machines I don't connect. and
instead of connecting to 10.0.0.1 on the remote network
it tries conncting to 10.0.0.1 on my local Lan.

All I can tell you is that I have been able to connect with XP
machines. Our biggest obstacle has always been disabling firewalls
that hide their presence. Use "msconfig" to flush them out.

You must *disable* the firewall engine, not just exit the GUI.

I am using Kerio and it self-configures - no hassles.


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[Bill Sanderson]

If 10.0.0.1 is on the same subnet as your client machine, then you aren't
going to succeed in connecting to a VPN endpoint which is also 10.0.0.1.

What is determining that IP address for the VPN endpoint?

If you've set the IP properties on the remote VPN host to give out that
address-try and address on a different subnet.

 

[Isaac]

Yes, 10.0.0.1 is on the same subnet as my client(XP
machine).
the other 10.0.0.1 which I'm trying to connect to
through VPN is a client site of which I have no control.

However why then do I manage to connect with win98 and
not winXP ? The Win98 is also on the same subnet ?

 

[Bob]

Yes, 10.0.0.1 is on the same subnet as my client(XP
machine).
the other 10.0.0.1 which I'm trying to connect to
through VPN is a client site of which I have no control.

However why then do I manage to connect with win98 and
not winXP ? The Win98 is also on the same subnet ?

There is something fishy going on here.

I set up a Win2K/SP4 PPTP VPN Server on a remote machine and a
Win2K/SP4 VPN Client on my machine. The subnet of the LAN that the VPN
Server machine is on is 192.168.1.X and the subnet of the LAN that the
VPN Client is on is 192.168.1.X. I connect without any problems.

I can even create a VPN Client on my machine that connects to
<localhost>. That is, I can connect to my own LAN directly (no
gateway). Admittedly, <localhost> is not the same subnet as my LAN,
but it is the subnet of the same LAN.

I use a static VPN Client IP address (e.g., 192.168.1.175) and it is
the one which I use to access the shares with

Start|Run|\\192.168.1.175

That will spawn a window from which I can access the shares created
for the username I log on with. I am denied access to the shares
created for other users, which means that I am logged in as the VPN
Client user.

However, I have two VPN Client icons in the tray. They are not quite
the same - one has more Details in the Status|Details page.

Can anyone sort this whole thing out in a coherent manner.

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