VPN question

[joules99]

I want to connect to my works vpn over my adsl connection, I have the conenction setup in xp, and that connects fine (ie ip address from their dhcp etc all ok) but for example if I go in for my mail it timesout, I am guessing I need to setup some ports in virtual server, can anyone tell me what ports are needed???????????????????thanks

[OBonio]

A common problem I have come across is conflicting IP addresses. Do you use a router for your ADSL connection? If so, what DHCP settings does it use? Is the IP range similar to the range your work use? ie, default settings for some routers use the 192.168.0.* range, if your work use the same range then the VPN won't work. You will need to change your DHCP settings on your ADSL router to use a different IP range like 192.168.100.*.

[Kerplunk]

Maybe are you are not resolving the name of the mail server correctly. Try pinging your mail server from a command prompt once the VPN is connected. If it says that it cannot find the host then you need to make a change to your host files.

Goto C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc then open the file called hosts with notepad. It should say at the bottom:

127.0.0.1 localhost

Under this add the IP and name of your mail server. E.g.

10.32.45.13 MyMailServer

Save the file then retry your mail account.