Connectivity problems

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bryan

Sorry, my last post was not clear at all.

Basically, we have 2 laptops at the same site going
through the same DSL connection running the same operating
system (windows XP prof).

They both need to remote into a location out of the
network itself. However, 1 Laptop, refuses to connect. On
attempt, a message stating that connection has been
disconnected, or too many concurrent users, etc appears.

Could someone please enlighten me. Neither of the pcs are
running firewalls, both are fine on internal network and
have access to the internet.

Thanks in advance,

Bryan
 
OK you description is vague, but I hope I understand:
You have two laptops that are connecting to a remote site. If the site
(Remote Desktop) is another WinXP you will be able to establish only one
connection at the time WinXP does not support 2 simultaneous connections.
What give it away is this message: "too many concurrent users" this is what
I am taking in consideration fro now.
The rest is quite ambiguous and you will have to give more details.
 
Since both computers are accessing the Internet using the same public IP on
your DSL connection, if they're trying to use VPN to connect to the same
remote network, it probably won't work simultaneously - the VPN connection
is using the same IP. Have you tried testing each of their VPN connections
independently, in turn to see if this is what's happening?

If they both need to connect to the same network at the same time, consider
using a VPN site link to the other network.
 
I've done this, in fact:

I've run two separate VPN tunnels outbound through an MN-700 wireless
router, across the Internet and inbound through ISA Server on an SBS-2000
server.

I wasn't sure it would work either, but it did. This is PPTP. IPSEC would
not have worked. I don't know if there was "magic" in the MN-700 that
facilitated this--possibly.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
 
Bill said:
I've done this, in fact:

I've run two separate VPN tunnels outbound through an MN-700 wireless
router, across the Internet and inbound through ISA Server on an
SBS-2000 server.

I wasn't sure it would work either, but it did. This is PPTP. IPSEC
would not have worked. I don't know if there was "magic" in the
MN-700 that facilitated this--possibly.
Click to expand...

I dunno - I always use IPSEC VPN.
"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
Since both computers are accessing the Internet using the same
public IP on
your DSL connection, if they're trying to use VPN to connect to the
same remote network, it probably won't work simultaneously - the VPN
connection is using the same IP. Have you tried testing each of
their VPN connections independently, in turn to see if this is
what's happening?

If they both need to connect to the same network at the same time,
consider
using a VPN site link to the other network.
Click to expand...
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