Re: VPN on XP Pro - Cannot browse network

Found myself the answer.
Great site:

http://www.howtonetworking.com/VPN/browsingovervpn0.htm
http://www.howtonetworking.com

Julian

"Julian" <x@xxx> wrote in message news:3n6q4tF5nrpU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
>
> Just setup a PPTP VPN client on my Windows XP Home SP2 Laptop (ICF
> firewall) to connect to my Windows XP Pro SP2 (Sygate firewall) Desktop's
> VPN server situated behind a USR8000-02 US Robotics router. Enabled PPTP
> forwarding on the router (built in rule, open port 1723, quite nice...).
> Registered my always changing IP address with no-ip.org, so I always
> access my home public WAN side with a DNS registered name. Smooth.
> I have 3 issues with the VPN connection:
> 1. If I leave the firewalls enabled on both machines I cannot browse the
> network at all, neither in My Network Places nor by typing \\namePC\share.
> (my VPN server is configured with DHCP, so they assign IP - server and
> client - addresses like 169.x.x.x, whilst my internal network is
> 192.x.x.x. My firewalls both have File and Print Shareing pass through,
> even though on the Sygate firewall I cannot see the VPN adaptor (just
> phisical adaptors), so cannot make a rule for it).
> 2. If I disable the firewalls, then I CAN access my shares with
> \\namePC\share, but My Network Places cannot see my Workgroup computers
> and browse nicely, with icons and frills through them.
> 3. Is PPTP secure enough for such connection and to leave my network open
> through the VPN port/server? (It took me 3 days to find resources (for
> home users - novices - hobbists) and understand the setup of IPSec with
> preshared keys, just to find out one needs a static IP address to be setup
> in the IPSec policy...)
> Any suggestions?
> Thanks,
> Julian
>
>


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