System Requirements

[juliaatpcgp]

I want to set up a PC/laptop using Windows XP to use the VPN feature to access a Windows 2000 Server, it is necessary to have a network card installed or a networking port on the mainboard ?

I have lots of PCs/laptops successfully set up to use VPN. Most have network cards, but one doesn't and another has a network card but one that doesn't work reliably (sometimes it sees the network, sometimes it doesn't).

I await your reply.

Julia

 

[lgarner]

How do they connect to the network without a network adapter? The NIC can be wireless, 100BaseT, or a modem dialing in, but there has to be a connection somehow.

So yes, it needs some type of network board.

 

[juliaatpcgp]

The PCs are standalone home PCs used off-site at my user's homes - they connect to the network using VPN only using their login name and password after establishing either a dial up or broadband connection (usually the latter).

For example, I'm typing this message using my home PC running Windows XP Home. I have my broadband connection to the internet which is on all the time and when I want to connect to my workplace I simply fire up the VPN icon and log on. Though my PC has a network port on the mainboard, it's never used for a cable because it's a standalone PC.

I do hope this clarifies things.

Regards,
Julia

 

[lgarner]

Yes. Then the answer to your question is "No". You don't need "network board" as you're thinking of it. Your modem is acting in that capacity.