[vpn] Win2K and VPN

Byron Kennedy byron at markettools.com
Tue Aug 21 19:00:02 EDT 2001


Depending on your environment, your question may very well require a
blackboard and some budget. It's not really like plugging in a mouse.
otherwise, why wouldn't your IT department just setup the VPN for you?

Byron

-----Original Message-----
From: David B. Beegle [mailto:beegled at home.com]
Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 1:47 PM
To: vpn at securityfocus.com
Subject: [vpn] Win2K and VPN


Hello,

I want to set-up a VPN connection from my home computer to my company's
network.  I am using Win2K Pro and my IT department has told me that my
account does allow for VPN connections.  My problem is that I don't know
much about computers except how to use Microsoft Office really, which is
what I do most of my work in; I'm a business analyst.  So, my quandary is
that I have run the wizard in Windows 2000 and walked through it and input
all of the information it asks for but the connection still won't work.  I
can't even connect.  It acts like it is going to or is trying to connect and
then tells me that my login credentials have failed.  I am using the same
login and password that I use when I'm at work, my IT department did at
least tell me that that is what I should be using.  I always read on one
site recently that my Windows 2000 account that I have set-up for myself on
my computer at home, needs to use the same login and password as my account
on the network at work for the VPN connection to work so I did change it to
match.  I know I am not giving much information here but I am not sure what
is pertinent and what isn't.  Any ideas on what I should maybe look at?  Any
help is greatly appreciated.  Thank you.

David Beegle


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