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by tomnhanni 1 view

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I have a XP pro machine at home and at work a windows98se machine. I can't upgrade the win98 to XP cuz it's a company machine. I want to be able to connect to my hope PC from work. I havn't gotten it to connect yet so I thought I'd get some help.
Heres what I've already done.
XP machine:
I set up a user account on XP for the win98 machine on to connect to with user name and password.
I setup XP to accept VPN incoming calls. The protocol is TCP/IP.
The ip address assignment is automatic using DHCP.
And the calling computer can specify its own ip.
The XP firewall is disabled.
XP doesn't require encrypted password.
Win98 machine:
Windows logon username and password are the same as the XP vpn account.
I setup a vpn connection to my XP machines IP address.
Server settings are greyed out but are PPP windowsNT server windows 98 server (i think. not sure writing this from home)
I tried all options without success "log on to network", "file encryption", "secure password" etc.
TCP/IP settings are server assigned.

So I double-click the vpn connection, type the user name and password and it gets to "verifying username and password"
the it says "diconnecting from server"
then a window pops up and says something in German roughly translated to "could not negotiate with server. check your server settings and try again. If this problem persists, contact your administrator"

Well, thats all I can think of. If I've missed something please let me know.

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IBM 30GB Hdd
Allied Telesyn AT-AR215 ASDL modem

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by mike jones

What IP address has your PC got. Can you ping it from work, if not it will never connect, are you sure than VPN traffic is not blocked by your company router?

by tomnhanni

Thanks for the reply. The PC at my workplace is just one single PC. As far as the IP address goes, I haven't pinged it but I know that I am able to connect to my FTP server at home from the win98 pc from work. So the they CAN communicate. Also if the IP adress was not found I wouldn't get the message "verifying username and password"

by mike jones

FTP traffic is normally allowed through corporate firewalls but VPN wouldn't be.

What router is in use at work and does it support VPN passthrough.

Like I said before you need to check that the corporate firewall is not blocking the traffic.

by tomnhanni

Like I said the PC at my work place is just ONE SINGLE PC. There is no router, firewall, or network setup. Its just one single PC with an ADSL modem. Please read my post thouroughly before giving answers. Thanks for your time.

by mike jones

Ok, just read your question again. You mentioned you have an ASDL modem but I thought this was your home system. Can I assume then that both home and work are standalone ASDL connections.

XP has a vpn CLIENT on it. You cannot connect from one VPN client to another. You need the VPN server component. A true VPN router has this built in. Most other routers support VPN passthru, which will allow VPN traffic through but you still need the VPN server part. I suppose you can get third partyVPN server software which will work with XP Professional but haven't investigted this. Windows 2000 server has VPN server components. By letting XP accept incoming VPN calls, you have set your system to allow the VPN server to initiate the VPN tunnel. Normally you can allow the server and the client to initiate the connection or just one or the other for security reasons.

www.draytek.com do hardware routers and include setup guides on their website which explains how a VPN connection works which is very informative.

by tomnhanni

I explained in my first post that I have XP pro. XP pro has a built-in VPN SERVER!!!! I have this set up to accept incoming calls. The client is a windows98se system. And yes the are both stand-alone asdl modem connections.

by mike jones

No XP pro has a VPN client.

2000 has a VPN server. Go to Microsofts Website if you don't believe me.

Do a search on VPN server and you will only get information about Windows 2000 Server.

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