[vpn] Win2K and VPN

[Joshua Vince]

Looks like from your e-mail address you are using AT&T's @Home service?
They are known to block VPN traffic, because (according to them), if you
need VPN, you should have a business account.

Joshua R. Vince
Sr. Network Engineer
CCNP MCSE MCP+I
BCG Systems, Inc.
800-968-6661
mailto:joshv at bcgsys.com


-----Original Message-----
From: David B. Beegle [mailto:beegled at home.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 9:34 PM
To: 'Byron Kennedy'; vpn at securityfocus.com
Subject: RE: [vpn] Win2K and VPN


>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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