VPN with Microsoft MN-700 Router

Hello,

I just moved to a home offce.
I am trying to access my business network with VPN (Virtual Private Network)
and of course: I CAN'T !

Here is my situtation:

1) I have a Windows XP Pro desktop

2) I connect to Internet via a cable modem with a Microsoft MN-700 router.
This is a wirelss router; however , my desktop is "wired" to the router (I
use the wireless features for another laptop at home)

3) If I don't use the router, the VPN works fine
But with the network in the loop, it just doesn't work.

4) My VPN client is Contivity EXTRANET VPN Client V04_15.06 aka NORTEL
ipsecshm

5) I have all the required info (User Name, Passcode, Destination Address
etc...)

6) When I try to connect to the business network , I get the following
message:
"Login Failure due to: Remote host not responding"


My suspiscion is that the Microsoft MN-700 router is not properly configured
to allow VPN access.
The only way I can modify the settings for the router is by using the
Microsoft Broadband Utility. However, in the user's guide, I couldn't find
any information on how to set up the router for VPN.
I looked online too but the explanations are not clear. I see a lot of posts
talking about Port Forwarding but nothing in detail really.

Can someone please help me to configure the router via the Broadband Utility
but telling exactly what settings I need to change.

Thank you so much for your help.
Hopefull that will solve my problem.

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By the way, I have done a ipconfig /all and this is what I get:


C:\>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : saturne60
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network
Connecti
on
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-11-B3-46-56
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.153
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, June 21, 2005 9:45:53 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, July 05, 2005 9:45:53 PM

Ethernet adapter {1FF6F538-DBFF-458C-B279-28F75234AE64}:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Nortel IPSECSHM Adapter - Packet
Sch
eduler Miniport
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 44-45-53-54-42-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

************************************************** *********

Also, if I ping the destination address, this is what I get:

C:\>ping vpn-na1.mscsoftware.com

Pinging vpn-na1.mscsoftware.com [192.73.8.203] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.73.8.203: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=52
Reply from 192.73.8.203: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=52
Reply from 192.73.8.203: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=52
Reply from 192.73.8.203: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=52

Ping statistics for 192.73.8.203:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 16ms, Maximum = 20ms, Average = 17ms

C:\>

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johnringler wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I just moved to a home offce.
> I am trying to access my business network with VPN (Virtual Private
> Network) and of course: I CAN'T !
>
> Here is my situtation:
>
> 1) I have a Windows XP Pro desktop
>
> 2) I connect to Internet via a cable modem with a Microsoft MN-700
> router. This is a wirelss router; however , my desktop is "wired" to
> the router (I use the wireless features for another laptop at home)
>
> 3) If I don't use the router, the VPN works fine
> But with the network in the loop, it just doesn't work.
>
> 4) My VPN client is Contivity EXTRANET VPN Client V04_15.06 aka NORTEL
> ipsecshm
>
> 5) I have all the required info (User Name, Passcode, Destination
> Address etc...)
>
> 6) When I try to connect to the business network , I get the following
> message:
> "Login Failure due to: Remote host not responding"
>
>
> My suspiscion is that the Microsoft MN-700 router is not properly
> configured to allow VPN access.
> The only way I can modify the settings for the router is by using the
> Microsoft Broadband Utility. However, in the user's guide, I couldn't
> find any information on how to set up the router for VPN.
> I looked online too but the explanations are not clear. I see a lot
> of posts talking about Port Forwarding but nothing in detail really.
>
> Can someone please help me to configure the router via the Broadband
> Utility but telling exactly what settings I need to change.
>
> Thank you so much for your help.
> Hopefull that will solve my problem.
>
> ************************************************** ********
>
> By the way, I have done a ipconfig /all and this is what I get:
>
>
> C:\>ipconfig /all
>
> Windows IP Configuration
>
> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : saturne60
> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>
> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network
> Connecti
> on
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-11-B3-46-56
> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.153
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
> Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, June 21, 2005
> 9:45:53 PM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, July
> 05, 2005 9:45:53 PM
>
> Ethernet adapter {1FF6F538-DBFF-458C-B279-28F75234AE64}:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Nortel IPSECSHM Adapter -
> Packet Sch
> eduler Miniport
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 44-45-53-54-42-00
> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
>
> ************************************************** *********
>
> Also, if I ping the destination address, this is what I get:
>
> C:\>ping vpn-na1.mscsoftware.com
>
> Pinging vpn-na1.mscsoftware.com [192.73.8.203] with 32 bytes of data:
>
> Reply from 192.73.8.203: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=52
> Reply from 192.73.8.203: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=52
> Reply from 192.73.8.203: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=52
> Reply from 192.73.8.203: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=52
>
> Ping statistics for 192.73.8.203:
> Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
> Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
> Minimum = 16ms, Maximum = 20ms, Average = 17ms
>
> C:\>

Try this Tom's hardware guide that might be of help
http://www.tomsnetworking.com/Sectio...le49-page1.php

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