Im trying to set up a VPN network for me and my friend.

Im using the default Windows settings, but it isnt working.

I have port-fowarded buth UDP and TCP ports from my router to my computer. Still nothing. Any help?

What windows do both of you carry, and are you on the same router? or remote?

We're both Running WindowsXP, I believe both Pro, I know I am running Pro.

I am behind a Linksys router, which like I said, port fowards any port higher than 20 to my machine, he is not behind my router- (although he is behing HIS router). He is in another state actually, so yes, a remote connection. Any ideas what might be wrong?

Edited March 21, 200620 yr by KeepingTheFaith

Exactly which ports are you allowing? There are some specific ports to allow.

As I mentioned in my last post, Im allowing all ports higher than 20, so 20 to around 65,500+

I've never heard of anybody creating a VPN from XP to XP before and quite honestly I didn't even know it was possible. If it is possible however, I'd venture to say that XP Home will not work in this scenario. So you may want to verify the other end before expending too much effort into this.

Yeah, you can easily do that. But apparently we're doing something wrong. Ive been through all the VPN tutorials and...NOTHING.. its pathetic. Maybe I should use software for it.

Depending on your budget (and your friend's), you can do an end to end VPN using a couple of cheap Linksys VPN endpoint adapters. I set this up once for a small business owner and it worked pretty nice. There are some limitations compared to something like a Cisco PIX or VPN Concentrator setup, but it's also way cheaper.

Most of the software implementations I've run into either require or work much better when there's a dedicated computer on each end handling the VPN chores.