VPN issues

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Evan

I am trying to connect vpn between two xp pro machines. I finally got it
connected successfully, but could not reach any shares by ip or browsing. I
was getting a private server and clent ip uon connection. Suddenly I was not
able to even connect anymore. I got several errors about time out, agreeing
on a handshake, etc. I reset the host machine (work machine) but did not
make any other changes and still get stuck at verifying password. So
insterad of connecting and not being able to reach shares I can no longer
connect. When I reverse the host and client (connect from work to home
instead of home to work) I can connect but the server address is a
169.xxx.xxx.xxx number. I am out of ideas at this point. BTW, I am using a
MS MN-100 base station on both systems with newest firmware.
 
Hi Evan,

What IP address assignment method are you using? Is it from DHCP or from
static pool ?
Have you set "Idle disconnect" time anywhere?

Thanks,
Priya.
 
Priya,

Thank you for responding. I have tried both static and automatic settings on
the client connection setup. I am sure how to affect the server side IP. I
think that is always dynamic right? As I said, at one point I was able to
connect from home to work and that gave both the client and server and valid
private Ip. I do not recall if they were on the same subnet, but I think so.
When I try a static IP, I have tried one outside the dhcp range of the
server, both on the same subnet and not.
I was really feeling like this was a router issue, but I am able to telnet
to port 1723. I cannot ping it though. What a mess and I am completely stuck
at this point.
 
HI Evan,

Server can give out IP addresses from DHCP or from a static pool. DHCP is
by default in incoming connections. If it is configured for DHCP and there
is no DHCP server, client will not get IP address resulting it getting
169.x.x.x address.

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Thanks
Chetan
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