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   rslotpole@comcast.net wrote:   
   > Hi,   
   >   
   > My home network consists of a cable modem wired to a befsr41 linksys   
   > wired router which is wired to a wrt54g linksys wireless router.   
   >   
   > I have 3 win xp machines.  1 is wired into the the befsr41, the second   
   > is wired to the wrt54g and the third connects wirelessly to the wrt54g.   
   >   
   > I'm told that I am using the wireless router as a switch.   
   >   
   > On the wireless xp machine I am using a static address 192.168.1.5 and   
   > on the wired router I am port forwarding 1763, 1723, 500, 47 -51 all to   
   > 192.168.1.5   
   >   
   > When I connect to my vpn I get a system tray Icon that shows T/R   
   > traffic but once I make this connection I can no longer ping in a cmd   
   > window and my internet browser usually stops working - I think this   
   > happens all the time but i could be mistaken.  If I try to browse my   
   > network I see my network but never the vpn network.  So it looks like I   
   > have an established connection but i can't see anything.   
   >   
   > The strange part is I get exactly the same results if I try to   
   > establish the vpn connection on the other two machines.  Even though   
   > they both have dynamic Ip addresses and I don't change any of the port   
   > forwarding.   
   >   
   > The only way I can make this work is to connect to the cable modem   
   > directly.  Then it works like a charm.  The vpn connection is just   
   > what's provided with widows xp connection wizard.  Can some one please   
   > tell me how to resolve this problem?  The vpn address is vpn.babson.edu   
   >   
   > Thanks for your help   
   >   
   >   
   I don't know that you need to forward ports. Have you turned on VPN pass   
   through on the routers?   
      
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