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More info?)
Yes, 10.0.0.1 is on the same subnet as my client(XP
machine).
the other 10.0.0.1 which I'm trying to connect to
through VPN is a client site of which I have no control.
However why then do I manage to connect with win98 and
not winXP ? The Win98 is also on the same subnet ?
>-----Original Message-----
>If 10.0.0.1 is on the same subnet as your client
machine, then you aren't
>going to succeed in connecting to a VPN endpoint which
is also 10.0.0.1.
>
>What is determining that IP address for the VPN endpoint?
>
>If you've set the IP properties on the remote VPN host
to give out that
>address-try and address on a different subnet.
>
>
>"Isaac" <zinner@internet-zahav.net> wrote in message
>news:2e8d01c4288c$61604c90$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>> The VPN client machine is not on the same network as
the
>> server .
>> When I try the same thing with a win98 machine on my
>> network I connect without any problems .
>> It's just with the Xp machines I don't connect. and
>> instead of connecting to 10.0.0.1 on the remote network
>> it tries conncting to 10.0.0.1 on my local Lan.
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 08:54:03 -0700, "Isaac"
>>><zinner@internet-zahav.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>I'm using Windows VPN connection to connect to a
server
>>>>which address is 10.0.0.1 .
>>>>but for some reason although the VPN connection works
>> and
>>>>I appear to be connected , when I try to connect to
the
>>>>server through the VPN (telnet 10.0.0.1) I think my
>>>>machine is making a connection on my local LAN to
>> address
>>>>10.0.0.1 instead of the remote network.
>>>>
>>>>What am I missing ?
>>>
>>>Where is the VPN Client machine? If it's on the same
>> network as the
>>>VPN Server, the connection will not work properly.
>>>
>>>You must connect over a wide area network. When you do
>> the VPN Client
>>>will become a member of the network the VPN Server is
>> on, and then you
>>>can use the LAN IP address to access the shares on the
>> VPN Server.
>>>
>>>At least that's how PPTP seems to work.
>>>
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