VPN trouble response

> Russell Slygh <Russell Slygh> wrote:

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> > I had a problem with a VPN connection on my Vista laptop and couldn't
> > figure it out for a while because I knew everything was set up correctly.
> > Then I found MS KB 953795, which I've expanded on here, http://techierambl
> > es.blogspot.com/2008/12/vpn-connection-problems-in-windows.html. That
> > solved my problem. Anytime I tried to connect it would fail immediately,
> > and it turned out it was because of some corruption in the PPTP and L2TP
> > built-in VPN files on the laptop. The main thing to watch is where the
> > connection attempt fails. If it happens right away, it's possible that you
> > had the same problem I did, but there are a lot of other possibilities too
> > such as a misconfigured connection. If the status changes to verifying
> > username/password, then you know there is connectivity. If it fails after
> > that point, it's most likely just an incorrect username or password. Once
> > it gets past the verification stage you shouldn't have any other problems.
> >
> > *Note, I strictly have dealt with PPTP user VPNs. I have experience with
> > IPSec and L2TP only through IPSec tunneling for site-to-site connections,
> > not for end users. If you're connecting to an IPSec VPN then I have no
> > idea if anything I said is going to help. Good luck either way
> >

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> What VPN software are you using? I have never been able to get the built-in
> Windows one to work. I tried some a web-based one for a while, but now I
> use OpenVPN (SSL).
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