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help with XP PRo to BEFVP41

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sjctechno

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Oct 14, 2002
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Here is my setup:

2 offices, each with public IP address (fixed).
Linksys BEFVP41 as firewall at each office.
VPN tunnel OK between the 2 offices - no problem.
Now I want to be able to connect to either office from home.
At home I have XP pro/Sp2 - behind a Nat cable router.
I have looked at the Linksys documentation, but it assumes that the XP machine is "on the net".

Ok, so I ignore this tuff, and just set up a new "connection", filling in everything the way I "think" it should be -There is no good guide I can find that shows how to do that, but it does not connect - gives me an error 800 - Unable to establish the VP connection ...

When I use Ethereal to watch the traffic I see the following:
A series (3 sets) of TCP msgs that appear to be seeting up pptp, then my XP pc sends out a series of 6 ISAKMP Identity Protection (Main Mode) msgs - no response from the server, and then an ISAKMP Informational msg.

Any clues how to figure this out?


Steven Cohn
 
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