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Andy
Thanks for your suggestions guys.
Bob Cerelli:
NET USE, to map a shared drive, doesn't work (assuming
this is what you mean by "map manually"). This is true
whether I use \\ComputerName\ShareName or
\\RouterIP\ShareName. But then, I don't think it's the
router's IP I'm interested in. It's a computer behind the
router after all. But I'm not sure exactly how that bit
works anyhow.
For this reason, I don't think editing lmhosts or hosts
will help. Actually, I did try this but no luck.
Bob and Bill:
(If you can't be bothered reading all of this, then could
you please comment on the last point I make at the
bottom?)
The VPN client PC has Norton Firewall installed on it,
and it's connected directly to the Net via a Modem. I
have put the remote router's IP address into the
Norton "trusted list", so it should receive anything from
that IP. I have tried turning off Norton, but it made no
difference.
I also checked that none of the client's network
connections have "Protect my computer ... from the
Internet" enabled in the Advanced Property tab. Which I
*assume* will turn off the Microsoft firewall.
At the VPN server end, whenever my client connects, the
router log gives a message about sending VPN packets to
the correct computer's IP. And all outgoing router ports
are open.
The Firewall rules in the router have the following
incoming "ports" enabled: VPN PTPP (TCP:1723) + VPN L2TP
(UDP:1701) + VPN IPSEC(UDP:500). So I *assume* this will
forward TCP 1723 without me having to do anything else.
And a port scan with Norton shows that port 1723 is open.
So I assume I have perhaps left Microsoft's firewall
switched on somewhere at the VPN server end. It will have
to wait until I can get access to it. If it's not that,
then I guess VPN doesn't work.
Incidentally, I enabled both TCP/IP and IPX/SPX just to
get things going. I assume that file sharing will work
via the VPN. But who knows!
Another confusing thing: if I enable both TCP/IP and
IPX/SPX to my ISP via the modem connection, then IPX/SPX
fails. But when I then connect to the VPN server, it
complains that IPX/SPX cannot be used for connecting more
than once. So has my ISP connection "used up" TCP/IP, so
that the remaining unused IPX/SPX is all that will work?
Thanks, Andy
Bob Cerelli:
NET USE, to map a shared drive, doesn't work (assuming
this is what you mean by "map manually"). This is true
whether I use \\ComputerName\ShareName or
\\RouterIP\ShareName. But then, I don't think it's the
router's IP I'm interested in. It's a computer behind the
router after all. But I'm not sure exactly how that bit
works anyhow.
For this reason, I don't think editing lmhosts or hosts
will help. Actually, I did try this but no luck.
Bob and Bill:
(If you can't be bothered reading all of this, then could
you please comment on the last point I make at the
bottom?)
The VPN client PC has Norton Firewall installed on it,
and it's connected directly to the Net via a Modem. I
have put the remote router's IP address into the
Norton "trusted list", so it should receive anything from
that IP. I have tried turning off Norton, but it made no
difference.
I also checked that none of the client's network
connections have "Protect my computer ... from the
Internet" enabled in the Advanced Property tab. Which I
*assume* will turn off the Microsoft firewall.
At the VPN server end, whenever my client connects, the
router log gives a message about sending VPN packets to
the correct computer's IP. And all outgoing router ports
are open.
The Firewall rules in the router have the following
incoming "ports" enabled: VPN PTPP (TCP:1723) + VPN L2TP
(UDP:1701) + VPN IPSEC(UDP:500). So I *assume* this will
forward TCP 1723 without me having to do anything else.
And a port scan with Norton shows that port 1723 is open.
So I assume I have perhaps left Microsoft's firewall
switched on somewhere at the VPN server end. It will have
to wait until I can get access to it. If it's not that,
then I guess VPN doesn't work.
Incidentally, I enabled both TCP/IP and IPX/SPX just to
get things going. I assume that file sharing will work
via the VPN. But who knows!
Another confusing thing: if I enable both TCP/IP and
IPX/SPX to my ISP via the modem connection, then IPX/SPX
fails. But when I then connect to the VPN server, it
complains that IPX/SPX cannot be used for connecting more
than once. So has my ISP connection "used up" TCP/IP, so
that the remaining unused IPX/SPX is all that will work?
Thanks, Andy