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how do I set up the VPN connection? I want to connect the server at my home from work. What are the network configuration it takes to setup VPN?
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Dear All,
I have windows server 2003 enterprise edition at home. I want to access via windows xp at work. I am not authorized to configure any network settings at work. All I can do is check the ip (private/public). At home, I do have access to the router.
What I did so far is I created the VPN server at home server accepting all the VPN incoming connections. I checked the public internet IP of my internet via www.whatismyip.com.
At work, I created a connection to connect to that VPN connection at home at that host address. I am not being able to connect to.
Am I in the right tunnel????
I have windows server 2003 enterprise edition at home. I want to access via windows xp at work. I am not authorized to configure any network settings at work. All I can do is check the ip (private/public). At home, I do have access to the router.
What I did so far is I created the VPN server at home server accepting all the VPN incoming connections. I checked the public internet IP of my internet via www.whatismyip.com.
At work, I created a connection to connect to that VPN connection at home at that host address. I am not being able to connect to.
Am I in the right tunnel????
Something is blocking your tunnel and most likely it is the router on your work domain. Chances are that you will have to connect to home via some other method.
Ken
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Sounds like your "work" network is blocking your incoming conection. You need to discuss creating a VPN connection with your network administrator. Another quicker way of connecting to work from home would be using RDP (remote desktop connection). All you need is the WAN IP of your workstation pc. This will give you control of all your resources on the desktop if you configure your rdp client and redirection enabled.
Then there's third party programs like loginme123. They allow you to login to your pc remotely from anywhere not just from work.
Then there's third party programs like loginme123. They allow you to login to your pc remotely from anywhere not just from work.
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But If you are needing a VPN solution we should probably gather more information from you, such as are you wanting a permanent VPN connection from your work to your house site-to-site (I use openVPN) and how secure/complicated are you willing to go? What type of things will you be doing from the VPN connection?
Personally I like the way windows RDP handles things for a remote desktop solution. For a very simple solution you could just you could just use the free version of logmein https://secure.logmein.com for remote desktop or for the VPN use logmein hamachi which is a client that runs on all the machines you want for a client to client type VPN
https://secure.logmein.com/welcome/access/hamachi/1/?wt.srch=1&originid=3092&utpk=LogMeIn%20hamachi&destination=/welcome/access/hamachi/1/
If you want a more complete site to site solution there are other options. Just let us know what you are looking for.