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JamesLevinworth
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Re: VPN Connection
You have a bunch of things going on here that you are tying to configure at once and any one or all could be failing.
Let's tackle one thing at a time.
said by fms007  :I have 2 desktops...One is named Server and other named Client..both are connected to DSL 502T router....as this router has only one ethernet port...the Server is connected to this port, and as the DSL 502T router has a USB port, i connected the Client to the USB port and am acessing the internet separately on both PCs. Per Modem/Router: Using both the USB and the eithernet port is not supposed to work since the connections are supposed to be one OR the other, not both. I am surprised you got an out connection at all doing this. Are you sure they can get a connection both at the same time? It's probably fighting over the connection. Since this router/modem is supposed to be a fully functional router device with NAT, my advice to you is to get a switch/hub to share 1 port. Doing otherwise is at your own risk but know if you don't, this could be a failing point right there.
Please make sure you have the latest firmware installed, especially per this: »Issues with Dlink 502T, 504T and G604T
said by fms007 :I made the Server as VPN server and the Client as VPN Client From the Client PC i m not able to connect using the VPN Client connctn...meaning everytime i try to connect i get "Error 800" Per VPN Workstation configs: Please describe the steps you did to setup both the VPN server and client. Also, please state the OS of each, and do an IP config/all and paste the results here in your reply.
said by fms007 :I have carried out port forwarding on the router for the VPN ... Per VPN router config: What in the router did you configure specific to setting up the VPN? What ports? Pass throughs?
said by fms007 :as well as i have assigned a special port (54120) for remote desktop...this is for Server PC. Per RDP: If you assigned a custom port for RDP, did you change the RDP default port in the registry? Do you have a firewall enabled on that server and the client too? If yes, what did you do to allow this custom port for both?
said by fms007 :The first time i did the settings i was able to connect from the Client to the Server as well as use remote desktop. I than switched off the router and rebooted both the PCs and when i tried to use back again remote desktop i m not able to..... I'll need to know the answers to above to address this. I can guess you didn't reboot after making the
settings changes (and should have) so they didn't take as you defined until you rebooted. This would be true if you changed the registry, but I don't know without your reply.
said by fms007 :The Server PC has a password assigned to it for windows logon as this is needed for remote desktop .The client doesn't have a password assigned to the windows logon. Please add a password to the client. There is a setting that disallows access in the local security policy to the network if blank password that could be enabled (which is by default) and get in the way. This could be tweaked if you don't have a home OS version and not pro (don't know) but really the easiest step for now is to just add a password.
said by fms007 :Both the PCs have static internal IPs...the router(external) IP is dynamic While setting up VPN client i gave the host name which i got from the free DynDNS site. This you will need if you plan on accessing this setup from the WAN.
Per RDP client: When using the RDP client, the "Computer" address would be the DYN name with the custom port when accessing from the WAN on the outside of your network. This is when proper port forwarding comes into play in your router. If you are addressing a workstation within the LAN, you use the work station name or LAN IP with custom port (if you defined one) and port forwarding is not needed/used through the router.
What address were you using in the RDP client for the "Computer" when it worked?
Is your goal to be able to use RDP from the outside? Is there a reason you need a VPN setup in addition too? | |
fms007
join:2009-05-24
3 edits | First of all thank you so much for taking out ur time to read so deeply into what i have posted
said by fms007 :Per Modem/Router: Using both the USB and the eithernet port is not supposed to work since the connections are supposed to be one OR the other, not both. I am surprised you got an out connection at all doing this. Are you sure they can get a connection both at the same time? It's probably fighting over the connection. Since this router/modem is supposed to be a fully functional router device with NAT, my advice to you is to get a switch/hub to share 1 port. Doing otherwise is at your own risk but know if you don't, this could be a failing point right there I have a DSL 502T modem which has only one ethernet port and only one USB port...when i bought the router i got a USB cable..hence i have connected PC1 using ethernet port cable to the router and PC2 via USB cable to the router....as i think Dlink has given this USB cable for the purpose to be able to connect 2 PCs separately to access internet.
I tried to check if the PCs are fighting over the connection (that was a good point)...but i dont think so that they are fighting for the connection bcos i opened two webpages independently on both the PCs simultaneously and both opened easily.
said by fms007 :Per VPN Workstation configs: Please describe the steps you did to setup both the VPN server and client. Also, please state the OS of each, and do an IP config/all and paste the results here in your reply. Both PCs have Win XP Pro installed on it. One Is PC1 and other is PC2 (both are equivalent to workstations....named them as SERVER and CLIENT for namesake only)
I have followed from this website to setup VPN server and VPN client for the below mentioned steps
»wireless.gumph.org/content/6/4/0···ser.html
To setup VPN Server on PC1
Start -> Control Panel.... Click on Network and Internet Connections.... Click on Network Connections.... Create a new connection.... New Connection Wizard click next to start.... Select Set up an advanced connection and click next to continue..... Select Accept incoming connections and click next to continue....Leave the boxes unticked on this next screen for "Direct Parallel (LPT1)" and just click next to continue.... Select Allow virtual private connections and click next to continue....
....You now need to pick which users are going to be allowed to vpn in. If you created a user earlier, then ensure that just that user is ticked, else pick which user you want to use - remember they need a secure password. Then click next to continue.....
Click next to continue on this Networking Software screen.... Click Finish to close the wizard as you have setup VPN on the server (PC1)
You should now see your new incoming connection in the Network Connections Window.
The last step is to right click on the Incoming connections icon and select properties, then go to the second tab Users and tick the Require all users to secure their passwords and data checkbox, and then click the OK button to close the dialog.
Setting up the VPN client On PC2
Start -> Control Panel.... click on Network and Internet Connections.... click on Network Connections.... Select the Create a new connection.... New Connection Wizard click next to start..... Select Connect to the workplace at my work and click next to continue..... Select Virtual Private Network as the connection type and click next to continue..... Give the new VPN connection a name and click next to continue..... (Here i named it VPN Client to Server).....select Do not dial the initial connection and click next to continue.....Now enter either the hostname your ISP has given you . If you don't have a static IP address, then it may be easier to use Dynamic DNS such as from dyndns.com to give you a static hostname for your dynamic address(here i entered the hostname i made at the DYNDNS free account, hostname....(server.dyndns.biz)....
Now click finish and your new VPN connection will be ready to use....
I m attaching my configuration setup of both my PCs with their ip addresses. | |
fms007
join:2009-05-24
1 edit | reply to JamesLevinworth
said by fms007 :do an IP config/all and paste the results here in your reply. Attachments
Have attached jpegs of IP Config/all for PC1(Server) and IPconfig/all for PC2(Client)
These configurations are on the network adapter cards which are being used for internet
BROADBAND PC 1
STATIC IP : 192.168.1.2
SUBNET : 255.255.255.0
DEFAULT GATEWAY : 192.168.1.1
PREFERRED DNS : 215.239.204.280
ALTERNATE DNS : 215.239.225.138
BROADBAND PC 2
STATIC IP : 192.168.1.4
SUBNET : 255.255.255.0
DEFAULT GATEWAY: 192.168.1.1
PREFERRED DNS : 215.239.204.280
ALTERNATE DNS : 215.239.225.138
For the LAN network cards between 2 PCs which are connected via crossover cable
SERVER LAN
STATIC IP : 192.168.1.3
SUBNET : 255.255.255.0
DEFAULT GATEWAY: . . .
CLIENT LAN
STATIC IP : 192.168.1.5
SUBNET : 255.255.255.0
DEFAULT GATEWAY: . . .
You will find this on my attachments which i have attached in jpeg format for the ipconfig/all which i have done for both PCs separately. | |
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