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VPN and Win98

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by larrys

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I have several clients using Win98 and I surely can't get into our server from a remote site. I can how ever access the server from a remote site using WinXP and W2K. I compaired everything I could. I use \\123.123.123.123 to search for the server but can't find computer. All the settings match the books. Any help will help

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by cg it

Not enough information to sufficiently answer. Please provide type of server, if Windows, what version, RRAS configuration, Client configuration, what port(s) L2TP or PPTP? what security requirement is in place for remote access clients and so on.

by nettek

It has been my experience that Win9x is less than reliable when it comes to remote access. I have found the following checklist helpful when trying to resolve remote access problems with 9x clients.

1. Make sure the local Windows username and password (the *.pwl list in your system.ini file) match the username and password of your NT domain.
2. Make sure your workgroup name = your domain name.
3. Make sure you have the latest DUN, VPN, and RAS updates installed. You can find them at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.asp?LangID=20&LangDIR=en-us (there should be no spaces in this link)
4. If you are using DHCP to provide the clients with the WINs server and gateway IP addresses, it is often unreliable. Try manually inputting the WINs and gateway IP addresses in the TCP/IP properties of the DUN settings of the clients. You definitely need to do this if you are using static addresses on the clients.
6. If your are using laptops, and they are connected to your LAN via aNIC at some point, allow sufficient time for the master browser to drop your laptops from the browse list before connecting thru the VPN.

If those to tips don't solve the problem...

7. Add LMHOSTS files to the clients. You definitely need this if you are not running WINs.

As a last resort (it will add to your network overhead)...

8. Install NetBEUI as a protocol on your network. It usually eliminates all RAS browsing problems.

by larrys

Thank you for your answer, as it turned out I have all settings correct. What the problems was with the revision R11 I had on the Netopia routers has a few bugs in it per their tech support, I reverted back to R4.10.1 and all is working well.

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