Wireless VPN Connection Lost with Notebook Card

>>When connecting to VPN using the card I loose the internet connection, but
>>when VPN is disconnected the internet snaps back on .

If I understand your wording correctly, then this part of the behavior is
to be expected! When you VPN (aka 'tunnel'), you are building a 'shield'
around your PC, and you will get an entirely different and REMOTE IP-ADDRESS
from the place that you VPN to. So, it that remote network has, for
example,
a (corporate?) firewall, then now that you are tunneled there, you are
behind the
firewall. (So, without a proxy, you shouldn't expect access to the outside
'Internet'.)
And once you break the tunnel-connection, then (of course) whatever Internet
connectivity that you had prior to that, will return.

That said, other parts of your problem description seem to imply that, with
the
notebook card, the VPN connection is NOT getting made at all. One way to
test whether the VPN is in fact being made would be to 'ping' some known
node
inside on the network being VPN'ed to and see if it is present. (Do this
using
a NUMERIC ip-address for starters, so we don't yet have to be concerned with
whether or not the 'DNS' setup for you VPN is working correctly.

Hope this helps...

Dave


"Bob Van der Bloemen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:5wCob.14401$d87.14300@okepread05...
> I can connect to VPN client from laptop using Linksys WUSB11 adapter,
> however I'm unable to connect to VPN using WPC11 notebook card.
>
> When connecting to VPN using the card I loose the internet connection, but
> when VPN is disconnected the internet snaps back on . Have contacted
> Linksys regarding this and I was sent auto-run files to add to notebook
> wireless software--still no joy. Why the USB adapter - when used with the
> notebook - will connect to VPN and notebook card will not is puzzling to
say
> the least. Have checked settings numerous times and all are set
correctlly.
> Otherwise, wireless network is working fine. Has anyone else experienced
> this problem?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Bob
>
> Hardware is as follows:
>
> Laptop: OS: WIN2000; HP Onmibook 6100
> Router: BEFW11S4
> Adapter: WUSB11
> Adapter: WPC11
>
>

I can connect to VPN client from laptop using Linksys WUSB11 adapter,
however I'm unable to connect to VPN using WPC11 notebook card.

When connecting to VPN using the card I loose the internet connection, but
when VPN is disconnected the internet snaps back on . Have contacted
Linksys regarding this and I was sent auto-run files to add to notebook
wireless software--still no joy. Why the USB adapter - when used with the
notebook - will connect to VPN and notebook card will not is puzzling to say
the least. Have checked settings numerous times and all are set correctlly.
Otherwise, wireless network is working fine. Has anyone else experienced
this problem?

Sincerely,

Bob

Hardware is as follows:

Laptop: OS: WIN2000; HP Onmibook 6100
Router: BEFW11S4
Adapter: WUSB11
Adapter: WPC11

Let me rephrase...

I can 'tunnel in' successfully and access my network drives and mail at work
using the USB adapter; however, I can not accomplish this using the notebook
card. Our IS department has checked settings at both locations and can not
find an obvious reason why the card is not able to do this. Linksys (Cisco)
seemed to think that different drivers not available on their web site would
fix the problem. Installing new drivers didn't change anything. IS
department recommends that I contact Linksys tech-support for additional
guidance...which I will do... Has anyone else experienced this while using
WPC11 notebook card?

Bob


"David Cook" <(who knows?)> wrote in message
news:IdGdnX2i4Y7Hnz6iRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >>When connecting to VPN using the card I loose the internet connection,
but
> >>when VPN is disconnected the internet snaps back on .
>
> If I understand your wording correctly, then this part of the behavior is
> to be expected! When you VPN (aka 'tunnel'), you are building a 'shield'
> around your PC, and you will get an entirely different and REMOTE
IP-ADDRESS
> from the place that you VPN to. So, it that remote network has, for
> example,
> a (corporate?) firewall, then now that you are tunneled there, you are
> behind the
> firewall. (So, without a proxy, you shouldn't expect access to the
outside
> 'Internet'.)
> And once you break the tunnel-connection, then (of course) whatever
Internet
> connectivity that you had prior to that, will return.
>
> That said, other parts of your problem description seem to imply that,
with
> the
> notebook card, the VPN connection is NOT getting made at all. One way to
> test whether the VPN is in fact being made would be to 'ping' some known
> node
> inside on the network being VPN'ed to and see if it is present. (Do this
> using
> a NUMERIC ip-address for starters, so we don't yet have to be concerned
with
> whether or not the 'DNS' setup for you VPN is working correctly.
>
> Hope this helps...
>
> Dave
>
>
> "Bob Van der Bloemen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:5wCob.14401$d87.14300@okepread05...
> > I can connect to VPN client from laptop using Linksys WUSB11 adapter,
> > however I'm unable to connect to VPN using WPC11 notebook card.
> >
> > When connecting to VPN using the card I loose the internet connection,
but
> > when VPN is disconnected the internet snaps back on . Have contacted
> > Linksys regarding this and I was sent auto-run files to add to notebook
> > wireless software--still no joy. Why the USB adapter - when used with
the
> > notebook - will connect to VPN and notebook card will not is puzzling to
> say
> > the least. Have checked settings numerous times and all are set
> correctlly.
> > Otherwise, wireless network is working fine. Has anyone else experienced
> > this problem?
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > Hardware is as follows:
> >
> > Laptop: OS: WIN2000; HP Onmibook 6100
> > Router: BEFW11S4
> > Adapter: WUSB11
> > Adapter: WPC11
> >
> >
>
>

"Bob Van der Bloemen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bdEob.14907$d87.11857@okepread05...
> Let me rephrase...
>
> I can 'tunnel in' successfully and access my network drives and mail at
work
> using the USB adapter; however, I can not accomplish this using the
notebook
> card. Our IS department has checked settings at both locations and can
not
> find an obvious reason why the card is not able to do this. Linksys
(Cisco)
> seemed to think that different drivers not available on their web site
would
> fix the problem. Installing new drivers didn't change anything. IS
> department recommends that I contact Linksys tech-support for additional
> guidance...which I will do... Has anyone else experienced this while
using
> WPC11 notebook card?

If your WPC11 is a version 4, there are beta drivers on the Linksys FTP
site. Some users have reported that these drivers fixed their VPN problems.

ftp://ftp.linksys.com/beta/wpc11v4_061303.zip

Many thanks! Beta driver worked...can now make complete VPN connection.

Bob


"Bob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> "Bob Van der Bloemen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:bdEob.14907$d87.11857@okepread05...
> > Let me rephrase...
> >
> > I can 'tunnel in' successfully and access my network drives and mail at
> work
> > using the USB adapter; however, I can not accomplish this using the
> notebook
> > card. Our IS department has checked settings at both locations and can
> not
> > find an obvious reason why the card is not able to do this. Linksys
> (Cisco)
> > seemed to think that different drivers not available on their web site
> would
> > fix the problem. Installing new drivers didn't change anything. IS
> > department recommends that I contact Linksys tech-support for additional
> > guidance...which I will do... Has anyone else experienced this while
> using
> > WPC11 notebook card?
>
> If your WPC11 is a version 4, there are beta drivers on the Linksys FTP
> site. Some users have reported that these drivers fixed their VPN
problems.
>
> ftp://ftp.linksys.com/beta/wpc11v4_061303.zip
>
>