[vpn] Win2K and VPN

[Gregory (Greg) D. Nowicki]

David,

No, you're not wrong. From your first e-mail, it appears you have the correct
priviledges to do this. We saw the same problem (using NT on the client end) and
found that the server end had not opened a hole in their firewall for gre
packets.

So, got a firewall in place between the two of you?

Greg

Quoting "David B. Beegle" <beegled at home.com>:

> >From what I understand, it shouldn't cost any money at all.  I have a
> cable
> modem and I should be able to just use a "Network and Dial-up
> Connection" to
> connect to my company's network as long as I know the IP address,
> right?
> The people I do work with that have it working don't have any special
> hardware of software.  My IT department told me that I could just
> login
> using the same login and password that I use at work.  They won't help
> set
> it up because they do not own the computer that I use at home.  All I
> did
> was run the "Make New Connection" wizard and I assumed that would do
> it,
> which of course it did not.  Was I wrong?
> 
> David
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Byron Kennedy [mailto:byron at markettools.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 4:00 PM
> To: 'beegled at home.com'; vpn at securityfocus.com
> Subject: RE: [vpn] Win2K and VPN
> 
> 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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