From: terry05@npspam.jamboree.com   
      
   are you suing a router? could that be blocking ports? - also double check   
   with the ISP and see if they block any ports   
      
   "James"  wrote in message   
   news:HridnVxu17_tfrrfRVn-2A@bright.net...   
   > My laptop establishes a VPN tunnel using Prosafe VPN05L client software   
   > connecting with a Netgear FVS318 at the office. I then connect my laptop   
   > to my office machine using Remote Desktop. Both the VPN and the Remote   
   > Desktop work beautifully....until I go to my buddy's house and try the   
   > same thing. At his house the VPN connects just fine, but the remote   
   > desktop won't connect. I cannot ping any hosts on the remote LAN either.   
   > Whereas I could ping remote hosts from my residence. My buddy uses a   
   > different ISP. So what could an ISP do to allow a VPN connection, but   
   > block a Remote Desktop session? The ISP is what I suspect as the problem   
   > because both the VPN and the RD work fine at my residence under my ISP.   
   >   
   > Can someone give me an idea of what might be preventing a remote desktop   
   > session in this case?   
   >   
   > Thanks,   
   >   
   > -James   
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