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I forgot to add that if your behind a firewall/NAT/router then you also need to forward TCP Port
1723 and enable GRE Protocol 47 traffic. The latter is sometimes called "PPTP Pass Through" or "VPN
Pass Through". Note that the XP SP2 Windows firewall, or the pre-SP2 Internet Connection Firewall
(ICF), automatically enables GRE Protocol 47 traffic when TCP Port 1723 is opened...
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Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)
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"Sooner Al" <SoonerAl@somewhere.net.invalid> wrote in message
news:OCK7tVllEHA.3608@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> See these pages for help. XP Pro and XP Home can act as a PPTP VPN server and client.
>
>
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_vpn_server.htm
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http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_vpn.htm
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> Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)
>
> Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the mutual benefit of all of us...
> The MS-MVP Program -
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights...
>
> "robrich22" <robrich22@insightbb.com> wrote in message news:JgS%c.404634$%_6.395479@attbi_s01...
>> Is it possible to network two computers together using a VPN over the internet that are both
>> running WinXP home edition? I'v setup my computer to allow incoming connections but haven't had
>> any success. I'm beginning to wonder if this is a feature only in WinXP Pro .. ?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
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