Remote access/VPN help

[BMcAnly]

I've looked around quite bit and didn't see any appropriate discussions. I hope I'm not out of place here. I am trying to access files on my home machine while traveling. Both machines are XP Home. Desktop is set up to accept incoming connections. Laptop has a VPN set up. Ports 1701 and 1723 are open on my router (Linksys WRT54G). When I try to connect, I get a message that the VPN is connected, however, I cannot see or map to the desktop machine. UltraVNC is set up and works fine, however, for me the file transfer has been a bit unreliable/slow. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

[fizzak]

You cannot see or map to it but file transfer is slow? I'm confused. Did you make sure XP firewalls are off?

 

[BMcAnly]

I didn't clarify....sorry. I'm using 2 different connection types. (1) UltraVNC, and (2)VPN. VNC working fine, but its' file transfer capability is too slow and unreliable. It works fine to view files/documents. I'm trying to use a VPN for file transfers. That is where my problem is. VPN accepts password etc. and connects but I cannot access anything on remote machine. As far as firewalls, I have ports 1701, 1723, 5800, and 5900 open. I even tried with the firewall completely open. No luck. Any help appreciated.

 

[linney]

Any clues here?

Need help with VPN problem

http://groups.google.com.au/group/m...fers+problem+xp&rnum=7&hl=en#aea3fd2ba711b594

Try the VPN forum463

 

[bcastner]

Make sure your IP addressing scheme is different than the target VPN endpoint;

Make sure you let the endpoint of the VPN resolve addresses. There should be some option "Use remote gateway for network addressing" or something similar.


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[BMcAnly]

linney, that looks like some good info. I'll see what I can find there. I couldn't find a VPN forum when I started this. Sorry for posting in the wrong area.

bcastner, my settings are good, but thanks for reminding me to check. An extra brain always helps.

In the mean time, I have completely bypassed my router. I'm going straight from the DSL box to the target PC. I even temporarily disabled the firewall completely. Still get same result. Shows connected but cannot access anything. Maybe stepping up to XPPro will afford more options?

 

[TechCarnivore]

Sounds like a name resolution issue generally speaking.
Either an IP Scheme conflict or DNS server issue.

Can you provide more information as it relates to the IP address, Subnets and Gateways involved?

Shoot over an IPCONFIG /All for each system before and after the VPN connection is established.