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Originally Posted by acropolite
Marc, your information is a bit scant, there are many ways to establish VPN, what client are you using, what is used for the VPN server etc.
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Hi Phil, I gave a minimum of information as I don't want to cloud the issue with other variables that I've ruled out. It is a local problem. The target server is working fine and I can access the VPN via other machines with the same or different OS. On this particular PC I use the native RASPPPOE in win7.
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Originally Posted by acropolite
If you're using a windows VPN client and you have another machine my suggestion would be to see if you can establish the VPN on the other machine.
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Yes see above.
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Originally Posted by acropolite
Are other VPN clients similarly affected; if the VPN server is a router based then it may be that the router just needs a reboot.
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No. The router is not the issue. It is also rebooted everyday. Yes, other clients can see the VPN fine. The target is working.
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Originally Posted by acropolite
If your VPN is set up between 2 routers check that both have the correct static IP's if you can look at the logs and see if you can get an idea as to what is happening.
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I can ping the target through the router and from the PC.
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Originally Posted by acropolite
You used the term modem, is your setup using a modem/router in bridging mode? If so can you browse the web normally before attempting the VPN connection.?
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Yes I am online. I don't have a modem. The VPN connection assumes I have a (missing) modem on creation. It is a bug during the connection creation. Not a hardware issue.
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Originally Posted by acropolite
It may also be that there is a routing issue within the wan and the VPN can't establish because of that.
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No routing issue as I can access the VPN from the same PC in a virtual XP machine. So a local conf issue in win7.
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Originally Posted by tlgerdes
Hi Marc,
I take it this is why you were ringing me. Can you ping the address you are trying to connect to? Can you browse with IE or Firefox to the server you are trying to connect to? Is your VPN tunnel to a name or ip address?
I take it you are trying to connect one of the www servers you manage? Do you have others you can connect to?
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Hi Trev, yeah that's what I wanted to have a chat to you about.
None of my servers no. I use linux and SSH. I know better....
A customer's windows box located in Sydney. I tried both VPN to IP and name. I temporarily worked around by setting the database connections and FTP in one of the legacy XP machines I run in VMware and use the VPN within the VM then I use unity to embed it in my Win7 desktop. I made the host drives available to the VM. It's a bit slower but it works fine. But I'm interested in resolving this problem nonetheless.
The first error I got was an error #609 which is a phonebook issue, then an error 797 which is a missing (non existing) modem. I rolled back to a previous restore point with a clean boot at a time it was working.
The connection was back then ok. After rebooting I could see the VPN original connection. But editing the parameters or trying to connect would fail and again modify the VPN dialog box as a modem dial-up connection so back to square one. This has to be a registry issue. But I haven't had the time to dig out the keys. There's a lot of this on Google if you type 'VPN connection defaults to a dial-up connection'.