VPN

[Jay]

Hi,
Little experience with VPN/Remote desktop so scuse any dumb questions/steps.

Desire:
To connect to my home PC from work for the hell of it.
Computers:
Home Win XP Pro
Work Win 2k Pro.
Home config:
Allow remote connection enabled (my user account)
VPN from the Internet enabled on my firewall.
Work config:
New network connection. VPN via network.
IP, username, password supplied.
Error:
The remote modem/telephone line did not respond.

Did I miss a step?
Event viewer shows nothing.
Is this logged somewhere (home PC)?

Jay

 

[Phil]

Did you set up trusted ip's in your home firewall? Usually you have to set
the firewall to trust your work(wan) ip address, so it will let the
connection thru. I use zone alarm firewall and have it set to trust my work
ip and when it tries to connect to let it thru at the port I have
specified(I changed the remote desktop default ports).

 

[CZ]

Hi,
Little experience with VPN/Remote desktop so scuse any dumb questions/steps.

Desire:
To connect to my home PC from work for the hell of it.
Computers:
Home Win XP Pro
Work Win 2k Pro.

Home config:
Allow remote connection enabled (my user account)
VPN from the Internet enabled on my firewall.

Work config:
New network connection. VPN via network.
IP, username, password supplied.
Error:
The remote modem/telephone line did not respond.

Did I miss a step?
Event viewer shows nothing.
Is this logged somewhere (home PC)?

Jay:

1) Protect your job. Notify your IT people you would like to do this.

2) At work, you need two connectoids:
One for the dialup connection
Another for the VPN connection

3) For more info, post in: microsoft.public.windowsxp.work_remotely

 

[Jay]

Did you set up trusted ip's in your home firewall? Usually you have to set
the firewall to trust your work(wan) ip address, so it will let the
connection thru. I use zone alarm firewall and have it set to trust my work
ip and when it tries to connect to let it thru at the port I have
specified(I changed the remote desktop default ports).

I hadn't, I'll make a note of my work IP and add it to my Firewall (Kerio)
as a trusted area.
Kerio makes no mention of port numbers though.
How can I view/change port setting in XP Pro?

 

[Phil]

I hadn't, I'll make a note of my work IP and add it to my Firewall
(Kerio) as a trusted area.
Kerio makes no mention of port numbers though.
How can I view/change port setting in XP Pro?

The default port is 3389. To change it to something else(for better
security) check here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;306759
Once you get it setup you connect to the ip numberort (ex:
255.255.255.255:7878)
I works great, I'm using it right now.