No Incoming Connection displayed when setting up VPN

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danrhysjake

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I'm trying to set up a VPN between home and my wife's small business. After I complete the wizard to set up an Incoming Connection on the computer at her work, there is no Incoming Connection icon listed in the Network Connections - just the LAN connection is still listed. Any pointers?
 

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Is the router you are using setup to allow incoming traffic from whatever port the VPN is using?
 

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Have you succesfully got the VPN running on another PC?
 

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    Apple MacBook, 5,1
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    Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz
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    4GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia 9400m
    Monitor(s) Displays
    13.3" Apple MacBook LCD Screen + 22" HannsG DVI LCD + 21.5" Samsung USB Lapfit Monitor LD220
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800 + 1920x1080 + 1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    SATA Internal 2.5" 500GB (305GB HFS+, 195GB NTFS)
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    Aluminium Unibody
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    Apple Late 2009 Wireless Keyboard (US)
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    Apple Magic Mouse
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no - this is the first time setting up a vpn between her office and home. There are only 2 computers involved - the main office one and her laptop. At work, she connects to a wireless network - she wants to be able to do what she does there, but at home.
 

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Hi,

Do you know for sure you are allowed to do this? It may be that your wife's office firewall blocks the required TCP and UDP ports. However, if you are sure you are allowed to do this, then the issue probably lies at your end of the connection. Even if you are allowed to do this, it may be that the firewall is incorrectly configured. See if anyone else is able to connect.

Richard
 

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    Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 2.50GHz
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    Stock Dell 0TP406
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    4 gb (DDR2 800) 400MHz
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    ATI Radeon HD 3870 (512 MBytes)
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    Onboard
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    1600 x 1200 and 1280 x 1204
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    1 x 1Tb (SATA 600)
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From your previous posts I am unable to completely ascertain what you want to do using this VPN.
Are you planning on using it for file sharing or remote desktop or something else? If your VPN settings are still not working even with your firewall (Windows, Antivirus and Router firewalls) configured correctly on both ends I would consider trying an alternative solution such as Windows Live Mesh which allow secure remote desktop and file sharing over the Internet as long as you have a windows live ID (which you can sign up for for free using your current email address).
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Apple MacBook, 5,1
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz
    Memory
    4GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia 9400m
    Monitor(s) Displays
    13.3" Apple MacBook LCD Screen + 22" HannsG DVI LCD + 21.5" Samsung USB Lapfit Monitor LD220
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800 + 1920x1080 + 1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    SATA Internal 2.5" 500GB (305GB HFS+, 195GB NTFS)
    External USB 3.5" 1TB (HFS+)
    Case
    Aluminium Unibody
    Keyboard
    Apple Late 2009 Wireless Keyboard (US)
    Mouse
    Apple Magic Mouse
    Internet Speed
    6.33Mb/s up. 0.36Mb/s down.
    Other Info
    Harman Kardon Soundsticks II Speakers
My wife has a client-server app - the server is hosted on her office computer and she has a client installed on her laptop. When she is at the office she can connect to the app using the wireless network. She wants to be able to connect to the app from home - the software app support team recommend a vpn as the best way of achieving this.

I am using the following instructions:

Windows Vista PPTP VPN server Mini How-To

When I try to set up an "Incoming Connection" on the office computer, I step through the wizard and everything seems to work fine except after completing the wizard, there is no "Incoming Connection" listed in the Network Connections - see image in the attached file for what it should like. The only thing I see is the LAN connection.
 

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I would recommend starting again from scratch using the tutorial on the seven forums (for some reason there isn't one on the vista forums but it should be the same on Vista) to setup your VPN here and here for your connection to your VPN from your remote computer. I have glanced over it and compared it to the one you have been using and there seams to be a couple of minor differences. Also I would appreciate knowing what make your wireless router is; have you definitely opened the correct ports on it to allow VPN incoming and outgoing traffic?
I hope this helps you and the best of luck.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Apple MacBook, 5,1
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz
    Memory
    4GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia 9400m
    Monitor(s) Displays
    13.3" Apple MacBook LCD Screen + 22" HannsG DVI LCD + 21.5" Samsung USB Lapfit Monitor LD220
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800 + 1920x1080 + 1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    SATA Internal 2.5" 500GB (305GB HFS+, 195GB NTFS)
    External USB 3.5" 1TB (HFS+)
    Case
    Aluminium Unibody
    Keyboard
    Apple Late 2009 Wireless Keyboard (US)
    Mouse
    Apple Magic Mouse
    Internet Speed
    6.33Mb/s up. 0.36Mb/s down.
    Other Info
    Harman Kardon Soundsticks II Speakers
Hi,

I think this sounds like a Firewall issue, possibly at your end. What Firewalls are you using, and make sure these ports are open:

TCP 1194
UDP 1194

Good luck,

Richard
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS 420
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 2.50GHz
    Motherboard
    Stock Dell 0TP406
    Memory
    4 gb (DDR2 800) 400MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 3870 (512 MBytes)
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1 x Dell 2007FP and 1 x (old) Sonic flat screen
    Screen Resolution
    1600 x 1200 and 1280 x 1204
    Hard Drives
    1 x 640Gb (SATA 300)
    Western Digital: WDC WD6400AAKS-75A7B0

    1 x 1Tb (SATA 600)
    Western Digital: Caviar Black, SATA 6GB/S, 64Mb cache, 8ms
    Western Digital: WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0 ATA Device
    PSU
    Stock PSU - 375W
    Case
    Dell XPS 420
    Cooling
    Stock Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell Bluetooth
    Mouse
    Advent Optical ADE-WG01 (colour change light up)
    Internet Speed
    120 kb/s
    Other Info
    ASUS USB 3.0 5Gbps/SATA 6Gbps - PCI-Express Combo Controller Card (U3S6)
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