Assuming no firewall, you may like to check/confirm the following:-
I assume you are using the same ISP for both laptops as some ISP's do not
permit "VPN Tunnelling"?
On the 98 laptop, go to Control Panel\Network\Configuration. There should be
a number of entries for VPN support. In particular, the dial-up adapter
should have at least two entries, at least one of them having "VPN Support"
in brackets. There should also be an entry for "Microsoft Virtual Private
Networking Adapter. If you don't have this let us know and we can guide you
through the installation.( If you do have it, we can also confirm the
properties on each entry)
Secondly go to My Computer\ Dial-up Networking. There should be at least
three entries. First one to set up a new adapter, second the existing
dial-up into your ISP and thirdly the connection to your VPN. When you click
properties, the last two should not have identical information as the VPN
username/password is for the destination network, ONCE THE CONNECTION HAS
BEEN ESTABLISHED to the ISP.
Of course, you can cross check the info with the XP one, but some of it is
in different places and not having XP I can't confirm this.
Alan
"Alan" <alanguard2004-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:dlhb7k$73l$(E-Mail Removed)...
> No, I meant that if you had installed an independent firewall like Zone
> Alarm, try disabling it when you try to connect. The reason for saying
this
> is that we had similar problems - the link to the ISP would be set up but
> not the VPN site. Once the VPN information was entered as a trusted site
> into the firewall, it worked.
>
> Alan
>
> "mm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:F9B4145E-F6A3-476D-85D1-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > do you mean the windows firewall? this laptop runs win98, this version
> > doesn't have firewall, does it?
> > --
> > Marie Go
> >
> >
> > "Alan" wrote:
> >
> > > I know it sounds daft, but have you tried it with the Firewall
disabled?
> > >
> > > Alan
> > > "mm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > news:A5EF77D2-BB09-4B8A-AA66-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > > Hi, I need to establish a remote connection to my office from a
> laptop. I
> > > > have done this with another laptop using win xp, but this other one
> runs
> > > win
> > > > 98, both connections use dial up connection.
> > > > on the laptop running win 98, after I connect the dial up
connection,
> I am
> > > > able to connect the vpn session, but when trying the remote desktop
> > > > connection I get an error 'server timed out, try again', same error
if
> try
> > > > using terminal server.
> > > > somebody can help please?
> > > > --
> > > > Marie Go
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
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