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1192670 2011-04-07 01:14:00 Hi all,

I setup a VPN to allow an incoming connection on my home vista desktop machine.

On my laptop I created a VPN Connection in windows 7 to connect to my desktop's VPN.

I setup a dyndns account with the auto dns updater on the vista machine so the ip address is automatically updated to the hostname if the IP happens to change.

I connected to my neighbours wireless connection and could connect to the VPN fine, but whenever I go anywhere else it will not connect. I get Error 800.

Could someone please explain why? and how I can fix this. Thanks
w000t (11562)
1192671 2011-04-07 02:06:00 Have you forwarded port 1723, in the router, to the IP address of the desktop? CYaBro (73)
1192672 2011-04-07 02:26:00 Have you forwarded port 1723, in the router, to the IP address of the desktop?

Sorry, i forgot to mention yes I have done this.
w000t (11562)
1192673 2011-04-07 02:50:00 Try this first:
Set them both down on the same LAN
Setup a new LAN-specific VPN connection
Does that work?

If so, then Erro 800 is relating to either the firewall of your own internet router, or the router your laptop is behind when trying to connect. Unfortunately some cheaper gear doesn't play nice with PPTP VPN connections.
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