VPN connection to work

[CraigCT]

Hi Anyone!!

I am having a bit of a hassel trying to work from home via a VPN connection through ADSL. I have the white WIFI Router.

When I connect from my work Laptop (windows 2000), through VPN, I get a connection, but when I try and connect to a server on the network I get a "cannot connect to logon server" error. I have a hunch it is a communication problem through the router, I think it is "bouncing" communication to the work server somehow... Any Ideas anybody???

Please help man.... F1....!!

 

[qwagga]

Normally a VPN connection goes through a RAS type server. You might not have permission from your RAS account to access the server. It also sound like there might be authentication problems. I would suggest talking to the VPN/RAS administrator.

 

[Snormossel]

Range...

Check that your IP at home and at work is in different ranges.

E.g. 192.168.1.254 Home
and 192.168.2.254 Work

Had the same problem aswell, can connect but not browse.

 

[CraigCT]

Hi Snormossel,

the range that you are talking about at work, is it the VPN range or the server I am trying to browse?

What determines the range?

Sorry for all these seemingly stupid questions, but I have not done this before.. And I feel quite simple!!

 

[gee7022]

That would be the range of the network at your work(server IP)

 

[Snormossel]

Do you have a hardware or software VPN at work i.e. are you dialing from your laptop to a router to work?

And what i mean by the ranges is the following:

Home PC: IP Address: 192.168.1.69
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.254

Work PC:IP Address: 192.168.2.75
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.2.254

Router at work IP address: 192.168.2.254

The above mentioned can be vice versa aswell.

 

[CraigCT]

I have just spoken to the guys that setup the VPN at work, they seem to think that it could be the"file/Printer sharing" that is somehow blocked by a firewall on the WiFi router itself.

Could this be possible? as I am able to connect, yet not able to browse any files on the work network..

I am not connecting to a PC at work it is a server that I am connecting to, I use VPN client software on the laptop.

How would I be able to see the security options on the router?