want to create VPN, but can only creat dialup connection

[group.20.jianweiece]

Hi,

I have a laptop, running windows xp tablet pc edition (seems to be a
version of windows xp professional).

I want to create a VPN connection. I choose "create a new connection"
and then "VPN". However, it automatically becomes a dialup connection
instead of a VPN connection. In the property->networking of the
connection, there are only two choices" "PPP" and "SLIP", but I want
PPTP which is for VPN. And it automatically use the modem as the
connection device.

Any help would be greatly appreciate!

 

[Stan]

Update:

I uninstall the modem, and restart the computer. After the computer
found the modem and install the driver automatically, I create a VPN
connection. This time it seems to be normal, with the correct type (I
can select PPTP). However, I can not connect through the VPN. When I
double click the icon, the property windown of the connection appears
(instead let me connect). I right click it, the "connect" option is
gray.

When I restart the computer, everything goes back to the problem stated
in the first post. I can not create a VPN connection, only a dialup
connection. Since I do not have phone line with me, I do not know
whether the dialup works or not.

Thanks!

 

[Chelsea]

Hi Stan could you clarify something for me
If you don't have access to a phone line and presumably that also goes for
Broadband-how are you trying to connect to the WAN?

I would guess Wi-Fi is that right?

Chelsea

 

[Stan]

Hi, Chelsea:

Thanks for the reply. I am in the office so my laptop is connected to
the wired eathernet network. I can also connet to the network using
wi-fi.

What I am trying to do is to setup a VPN connection, so that I can use
it later at home when I need.

The problem so far is not I can not connect through VPN; the problem is
that I can not even start creating the right connect icon in my network
place. (I know this might be confusing).

The following is the approach that I used: create a new
connection->connect to the network at my place->Virtual private network
connection->company name (input ABC-VPN, for example)->VPN server
connection (input vpn.abc.com) ->done.

Then there is a ABC-VPN icon appears in my network connections. However
it is in the dial up catogory. When I look at its property, it uses my
modem as the default connection device, and vpn.abc.com is listed as
the phone number. Actually for a real VPN connection, no device should
be listed and no phone should be dialed.

I think something is wrong with my network connection setting, since in
the network connections catogority, I can not see my diaup connection,
nor the 1394 connection. I can only see the wired and wireless
broadband connnection. However, when I checked all the devices in the
device manager, all network adapters and modem are working properly.

I tried the methods mentioned in
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;825826&Product=winxp
and
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320558
But it does not solve the problem.

Any suggestions?

Thanks