Setting up a VPN XP server

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I want to allow access to our network at work to people from home. We have a peer-to-peer network running XP Pro. If I set one of them up as a VPN server, can someone still use that machine as a regular workstation at the office at the same time someone is connected into it from home? Is there documentation somewhere which details the steps needed to accomplish this, both on the server and on the remote client

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

No - XP provides for only one connection at a time.

 

[Manjari Bonam [MSFT]]

Yes. We can have VPN server setup on XP Pro and still have the user working
on it.

Look for "How to configure Incoming Connections on XP".

Thanks,
Manjari.

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"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Hmmm - that contradicts what I've read...but I defer.

Yes. We can have VPN server setup on XP Pro and still have the user
working on it.

Look for "How to configure Incoming Connections on XP".

Thanks,
Manjari.

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"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

No - XP provides for only one connection at a time.

 

[Sooner Al]

Sure, you can VPN into an XP Pro box while it is being used. Maybe your thinking about Remote
Desktop?

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Hmmm - that contradicts what I've read...but I defer.

Yes. We can have VPN server setup on XP Pro and still have the user
working on it.

Look for "How to configure Incoming Connections on XP".

Thanks,
Manjari.

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.


"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

No - XP provides for only one connection at a time.

LCP wrote:
I want to allow access to our network at work to people from home.
We have a peer-to-peer network running XP Pro. If I set one of them
up as a VPN server, can someone still use that machine as a regular
workstation at the office at the same time someone is connected into
it from home? Is there documentation somewhere which details the
steps needed to accomplish this, both on the server and on the
remote client?

Any help would be appreciated.