VPN -- only dialup?

[walt.leipold]

My laptop, which runs XP SP2, can no longer make VPN connections over
the LAN or WAN. The "New Connection" wizard will only create *dial-
up* connections using the built-in modem, which has never been used in
the laptop's two-year life. The wizard never displays the "Do not
dial the initial connection" screen.

There's no connection sharing or other funky stuff going on, just
plain-vanilla VPN, which worked flawlessly for two years. The problem
started when I 'upgraded' my Intel 2200BG wireless drivers on the same
day as I ran Windows Update. I've rolled back the driver install and
the updates, but it didn't help.

There have been a few threads about this issue over the past couple of
years in the microsoft.public.windowsxp.work_remotely and
microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web newsgroups. None of them has
ever resolved the problem.

Help?

 

[Robert L [MVP - Networking]]

You may want to re-install mini port. This search result may help,

RESOLVED: Network Wizard only ...RESOLVED: Network Wizard only creates Dial-up VPN ... when creating a new VPN network connection in Windows XP using the new connection wizard, it would ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?p=988&sid=695aea47748782fd215d59cf240baab7


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
My laptop, which runs XP SP2, can no longer make VPN connections over
the LAN or WAN. The "New Connection" wizard will only create *dial-
up* connections using the built-in modem, which has never been used in
the laptop's two-year life. The wizard never displays the "Do not
dial the initial connection" screen.

There's no connection sharing or other funky stuff going on, just
plain-vanilla VPN, which worked flawlessly for two years. The problem
started when I 'upgraded' my Intel 2200BG wireless drivers on the same
day as I ran Windows Update. I've rolled back the driver install and
the updates, but it didn't help.

There have been a few threads about this issue over the past couple of
years in the microsoft.public.windowsxp.work_remotely and
microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web newsgroups. None of them has
ever resolved the problem.

Help?

 

[walt.leipold]

You may want to re-install mini port. This search result may help,

RESOLVED: Network Wizard only creates Dial-up VPN ... when creating
a new VPN network connection in Windows XP using the new connection
wizard, it would ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?p=988&sid=695aea47...

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE

That was it! Thanks for the pointer!

I hope everyone who's having this problem finds this thread...

 

[Robert L [MVP - Networking]]

Thank you for the feedback.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com

You may want to re-install mini port. This search result may help,

RESOLVED: Network Wizard only creates Dial-up VPN ... when creating
a new VPN network connection in Windows XP using the new connection
wizard, it would ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?p=988&sid=695aea47....

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE

That was it! Thanks for the pointer!

I hope everyone who's having this problem finds this thread...