Aye. Have seen this too many times to count.

 

 

From: David L Herrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 6:59 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: What could cause this VPN issue?

 

+1

 

From: Sean Rector [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 10:10 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: What could cause this VPN issue?

 

Is his router using the same IP address scheme as your office?  I found that
could be cause of issues.My network uses 10.0.x.x, and when I had my home
router using the same scheme, I couldn't connect to any devices on my office
network - when I changed the home router's IP scheme to 192.168.x.x, I could
connect to anything.

 

Sean Rector, MCSE

 

From: Evan Brastow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 1:07 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: What could cause this VPN issue?

 

Hi guys,

 

I have a weird problem and I'm not sure where to start troubleshooting it.

 

I have a user that bought a new (Vista Ultimate) laptop. I am trying to set
up a VPN connection for them and have been going back and forth to their
house for the better part of the past week trying to get it working.

 

Basically, this user connects the same way I do with my laptop at home.
Through a wireless router, out to the Internet, in through our Netscreen,
and gets authenticated via our RRAS server. All IP info is assigned via
DHCP.

 

For me, I connect via the VPN, and I can then resolve names on the company
network and attach to server drives. For him, even though he has all the
permissions needed, he can't even resolve his computer name to connect via
RAdmin. 

 

The connection to the VPN works fine and the status in Network Connections
on his laptop indicates that he is connected successfully to the VPN, but I
can't seem to get any DNS services, even though I have it automatically
configured to get all IP and general DNS info via DHCP.

 

It's just so strange. the exact same settings work for me, but not him.
Could his router be somehow blocking DNS info but allowing him to connect to
the VPN? Doesn't seem like it could. It seems like once he establishes the
tunnel, anything should be allowed within that tunnel.

 

Any thoughts on what to try?

 

Thanks,

 

Evan

 

 

 

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