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VPN Server loses Internet connectivity


Readiosys

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Hello all!

I have a problem with my VPN server.

I have set up a vpn server on my home PC and I am connecting to it from my office PC.

The routers at home and at office are the same : D-Link DI-604 and have these addresses :

Home : 192.168.1.1

Office : 192.168.0.1

Subnet : 255.255.255.0

I can connect to the VPN server from the office and it works fine but I lose the internet connection at the server.

In fact I am still connected : I can still browse pages from a browser already opened before the VPN connection but if I close it, I can't anymore access an internet web page.

I am still connected because ping works, but I see strange (most non printables) characters instead of the ip of the server

Envoi d'une requête 'ping' sur www.google.akadns.net [66.102.9.104]< here

If I reboot the server, my PC IP addresses is totally different, like it does not get it from the DHCP server from the router : 169.something while my IP address is usually 192.168.1.123 and then I can't even ping : it does not work.

It is a big problem since the only way I found to get the internet working again is to format my PC.

Thank you in advance for your help!

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Your problem is your subnet mask. 192.168.1.x and 192.168.0.x are two different networks that can't talk to each other without a common router. Either reset the netmask to 255.255.0.0 or place both D-Links on the same network.

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Thank you for your answer...

At first, the office and home routers both had their ip address set to 192.168.0.1 but I thought it might be the problem...

Having the both routers on the same ip range unfortunaly does not change the problem...

The routers do not allow me to set a subnet of 255.255.0.0...

If you have another idea, do not hesitate...

Thanks!

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I tried many times to solve this problem and it is not easy to try because everytime it fails, I have to reinstall Windows again (thanks to my unattended dvd, it is not the pain in the @$$ that it could be), which is time consuming and only allows to try twice or three times a day.

Here is what I get at the server after a client connects to the vpn:

Envoi d'une requête 'ping' sur www.google.akadns.net [4ÿ♠]avec 32 octets de données :

Please note the strange characters...

Thank you in advance to everyone for any idea.

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