vpn difficulty

hi,

i am trying to create a vpn from a remote laptop to a desktop on my home
network. my laptop runs windows xp prof and the desktop runs windows xp
home. the desktop is on a home network that is behind a nat enabled router.
i have configured port forwarding to forward pptp through to the desktop,
and allowed the connection on my desktops firewall.
however, when attempting to connect, my laptop says 'connecting...', and
then it says 'verifying username and password', and then after a while it
says that the remote desktop did not respond. any suggestions as to why
this may be happening?

could the NAT be making things difficult?
NB, this connection works find if i try it when the laptop is on the same
home network as the desktop, its only when i try to connect from the other
side of the router i have difficulties.

cheers

S

In message <c0b6v8$gvt$(E-Mail Removed)>, sooty <soot@1.2>
writes
>hi,
>
>i am trying to create a vpn from a remote laptop to a desktop on my home
>network. my laptop runs windows xp prof and the desktop runs windows xp
>home. the desktop is on a home network that is behind a nat enabled router.
>i have configured port forwarding to forward pptp through to the desktop,
>and allowed the connection on my desktops firewall.
You've forwarded traffic to Port 1723?
>however, when attempting to connect, my laptop says 'connecting...', and
>then it says 'verifying username and password', and then after a while it
>says that the remote desktop did not respond. any suggestions as to why
>this may be happening?
>
>could the NAT be making things difficult?
>NB, this connection works find if i try it when the laptop is on the same
>home network as the desktop, its only when i try to connect from the other
>side of the router i have difficulties.
Your router isn't passing TCP Type 47 GRE packets, might be helpful if
you tell us what router it is.
>
>cheers
>
>S
>
>

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