After changing my ISP, I no longer have access to my VPN

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techy613 wrote:
> After changing my ISP, I no longer have access to my company VPN. My
> company VPN times - out after a few minutes and disconnects. My ISP
> also disconnects. I found out from the top level Engineers at the ISP
> that they also are using VPN technology for web access and I have to
> find a way to support two VPN connections; both my ISP and my company
> website. They claim there is a way to configure XP to support both.
> Neither my company technical support nor the ISP has the
> configuration information.
>
> Can anyone help me?
> Thanks in advance for your advice

Can you explain in more detail what's going on? I'm not sure what "they also
are using VPN technology for web access" means.

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techy613 wrote:
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
>> techy613 wrote:
>>> After changing my ISP, I no longer have access to my company VPN. My
>>> company VPN times - out after a few minutes and disconnects. My ISP
>>> also disconnects. I found out from the top level Engineers at the
>>> ISP that they also are using VPN technology for web access and I
>>> have to find a way to support two VPN connections; both my ISP and
>>> my company website. They claim there is a way to configure XP to
>>> support both. Neither my company technical support nor the ISP has
>>> the configuration information.
>>>
>>> Can anyone help me?
>>> Thanks in advance for your advice
>>
>> Can you explain in more detail what's going on? I'm not sure what
>> "they also
>> are using VPN technology for web access" means.
>>
>> (Techy613) The ISP (AOL) did not have more details. Maybe each
>> user's packets are tunneled in a AOL packet to the AOL server to
>> provide better security. I would assume their server is acting like
>> a VPN server. But I really do not know. Any ideas? Thanks in
>> advance for your help

Hi - if AOL can't tell you what they mean, I'm not sure I can, either. (note
that like most people in here I am not all that fond of AOL). I've also
never tried using an AOL connection to make a VPN connection.
Have you tried escalating the call up to someone who may know exactly what
they're talking about? I mean, AOL is the one who told you they were doing
"something" with VPN in the first place.
Personally, I would ditch AOL and get a real ISP - and one that does not
block ports.

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techy613 wrote:
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
>> techy613 wrote:
>>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>>>
>>>> techy613 wrote:
>>>>> After changing my ISP, I no longer have access to my company VPN.
>>>>> My company VPN times - out after a few minutes and disconnects.
>>>>> My ISP also disconnects. I found out from the top level Engineers
>>>>> at the ISP that they also are using VPN technology for web access
>>>>> and I have to find a way to support two VPN connections; both my
>>>>> ISP and my company website. They claim there is a way to
>>>>> configure XP to support both. Neither my company technical
>>>>> support nor the ISP has the configuration information.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can anyone help me?
>>>>> Thanks in advance for your advice
>>>>
>>>> Can you explain in more detail what's going on? I'm not sure what
>>>> "they also
>>>> are using VPN technology for web access" means.
>>>>
>>>> (Techy613) The ISP (AOL) did not have more details. Maybe each
>>>> user's packets are tunneled in a AOL packet to the AOL server to
>>>> provide better security. I would assume their server is acting like
>>>> a VPN server. But I really do not know. Any ideas? Thanks in
>>>> advance for your help
>>
>> Hi - if AOL can't tell you what they mean, I'm not sure I can,
>> either. (note
>> that like most people in here I am not all that fond of AOL). I've
>> also
>> never tried using an AOL connection to make a VPN connection.
>> Have you tried escalating the call up to someone who may know
>> exactly what
>> they're talking about? I mean, AOL is the one who told you they
>> were doing "something" with VPN in the first place.
>> Personally, I would ditch AOL and get a real ISP - and one that does
>> not
>> block ports.
>>
> (techy613): I ecalated as far as I could but their could not help. I
> will try some more experimenting and then get a real ISP. Thanks

Good luck!