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Hello,

My problem is related to a vpn connection/remote desktop connection
problem. Here is my current set up: I have a cable modem that connects
to a Lynksys WRT54GS wireless router. My desktop PC is connected to one
of the ports on the wireless router and my laptop computer connects to
the network using a wireless card. Everything works fine until I try to
connect to my workplace through VPN.

Connecting to my office computer though the VPN and remote desktop is
actually NOT the problem. The problem occurs after I disconnect. After
having been logged into my office. I log out of the remote desktop
connection, disconnect the VPN connection and then when I go to connect
to the internet on the laptop or the desktop, I get a pop up box that
says dial-up connection on it (I have a screen shot of it if someone
needs to see it).

By the way, this dial-up connection, comes up with my companies name,
my username and my password. The password doesn't look like my password
as my password only has 9 characters. So it's not even the same
password that is stored with the VPN connection. But back to the
problem, when the box comes up, I can click "connect" or I can just
close the box, which I guess means I cancel the option. But neither
option seems to rectify the situation. So instead I'll do one of the
below work-arounds.

1) I simply connect the desktop to the cable modem. When I do this
there are no problems after connecting to my office. This is why I
think it is the wireless modem.

2) I unplug the power cables from the cable modem and the wireless
modem and then turn off the desktop computer. Then I restart the cable
modem, wireless modem and desktop (in that order). When the computer
starts up, I can then connect to the internet on the desktop or the
laptop without getting a dial-up connection box asking for me to
connect.

3)Running this command from the cmd line seems to work: "netsh int ip
reset ****.txt"

Someone at Lynksys tech support suggested changes in "Internet
Connections" from the control panel by selecting the radio button that
says "Never dial a connection" for my VPN connection. But I have tried
this before and after talking to tech support and it doesn't seem to
permanantly fix problem.

If you need any more detail let me know. I've looked and looked and
looked at other posts and have not been able to figure anything out.

Thanks!

[ms1mm0]

Hi - if you are having problems with VPN connections through your Linksys gateway / router I eventually found out what to do - even though the folks at linksys failed to solve the problem.

Log on to you router.

Click Gaming and Applications section.

Click Port Triggering.

Then enter an app name (any thing you like) in the application field.
In each of the four port fields enter 500 and tick enable
Do the same for 4500 or what ever the other port number is on your VPN server.

That should do the trick. No need for static IP addresses or any thing out of the ordinary.

Good Luck

Mark.

[ms1mm0]

mmm.... strange - I was also about to suggest "never dial a connection" in your "connections" section of "internet options" in your browser.

So I assume you have set up a wireless network, that your broadband connection is always on and then you establish the VPN session over BBand.

As you know the browser is independent of the VPN session - except that you can probably access your company's intranet and internal systems when it is established. What should happen is that when you close your VPN session your browser is limited to www.....

So tell me... if you start and close your browser several times before establishing VPN sessions - do you still get the dial up box ?

Make sure that there are no entries in the internet browser "dial-up and virtual private network settings" box.

regards