KeepingTheFaith Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrix0978 Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 What windows do both of you carry, and are you on the same router? or remote? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeepingTheFaith Posted March 21, 2006 Author Share Posted March 21, 2006 (edited) 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, 2006 by KeepingTheFaith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
averagecdn Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Exactly which ports are you allowing? There are some specific ports to allow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeepingTheFaith Posted March 21, 2006 Author Share Posted March 21, 2006 As I mentioned in my last post, Im allowing all ports higher than 20, so 20 to around 65,500+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueSpear Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeepingTheFaith Posted March 25, 2006 Author Share Posted March 25, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueSpear Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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