Topic: how does my daugther at uni to the home net wih PPTP?

[pbearne]

In W2k there are pretty many ways to configure vpn access: pptp or l2tp (- two different things, sme works with pptp), way of pwd encryption and finally what kind of authentication your server wants you to use.

You have to negotiate how SME operates on that points before you order the client to connect.

Another issue is, if there are any firewalls blocking vpn connections in your daughters college network?

is it the same for XP ( as daughter thats what is on the laptop)

do you know what the default setting are and how to change them

[Guest]

Speaking from experience at my college, they are pretty heavily firewalled, and (generally) managed by some adept people.

I also found that "anonymous" surfing wasn't happening, you needed to use your logon ID and connect to the domain, also our user priveleges were pretty few and far between.

Would be interested in getting this to work though.