VPN Connects but not Remote Desktop

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Slamjones <Slamjones@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I am a Windows XP Pro user. I use a Linksys Wireless-G 2.4GHz 54Mps
> Broadband router to connect to the internet from home. I am trying to
> connect to my work computer from home. I can connect to the server
> with the VPN connection, but when I try to open the remote desktop, I
> get the following message "The specified remote computer could not be
> found. Verify that you have typed the correct name/IP address
> correctly and try again." I have verified it several times with my
> system administrator. I took my computer to Starbucks and was able to
> VPN and remote desktop from there. Any suggestions how I can change
> my Linksys settings to be able to be able to open the remote desktop?

Does your home LAN use the same IP sub-net (e.g. 192.168.1.xxx) as your work
LAN? If so, that is what is wrong. You must use different IP sub-nets at
each end of the VPN link.

You will need to reconfigure your home router to use an IP sub-net range
which is not in conflict with the address ranges in use at your place of
work. For instance, you could reconfigure your Linksys to use
192.168.222.xxx.

--
Robin Walker [MVP Networking]
rdhw@cam.ac.uk