VPN - Error 733

[Glenn d]

Hello,

I set up an incoming connection to my local computer ( XP
Home) that isusing a cable modem connection.

For the preliminary test I used my work laptop ( Dell
running XP Professional , 3 mths old) to see if I could
dial up (56k modem) via the Internet through VPN
connection.

I created a VPN connection for this test and used the IP
Address of the computer I was connecting to. All
firewalls were disabled.

The result was; the computer would connect, verify
password, begin registering and the give an error of 733
which indicates the PPP protocol is not correct between
the two machines. I trying enabling and disabling almost
all configurations suggested but no luck as of yet. I
did see in the event log a note stating it was not
possible to issue an IP address to the incoming
connection.

I was able to ping the IP address and also the "no-ip"
address I set up without errors. I did not enable to no-
ip program while doing the basic test.


I will be trying to communicate from a remote computer in
the near future and this was the first try, NO LUCK.The
remote will be using a cable modem. I am not sure this
will make a difference.

If someone could shed some light as to a possible remedy,
that would be great.

Thanks,

Glenn d

 

[Wai-O Hui [MS]]

I believe this is due to a problem with the machine with Incoming
Connections enabled and DHCP not having any ip addresses to hand out to the
clients connecting.

After enabling Incoming Connections on your machine, did you try and give it
some time for the machine to gather a list of IP's to hand out (1-2 mins)
before connecting?

To verify if indeed this is a DHCP IP issue, On the machine with Incoming
Connections enabled. Configure it for static ip (specify a range of IP
addresses)
Incoming connection properties -> Networking --> TCP/IP Properties -->
create a range of IP address to hand out.
See if you are able to connect successfully



Wai-O Hui