From: philryan@ryden.com.au   
      
   Sandy   
      
   This problem sounds exactly like mine, just different hardware.   
      
   Seems to me that there is an essential difference between a dialup   
   connection and a broadband one: with broadband, you always have to go   
   through some sort of "router": the cable or dsl modem has two IP addresses -   
   at least - one of them is the WAN connection to the ISP, the other is the   
   connection to your computer (or your cable/dsl router) or whatever.   
      
   With dialup, your modem only has one IP address: the one that is assigned to   
   it by the ISP when the dialup connection is successful. In other words -   
   there is no routing taking place, the conventional modem is just sending all   
   traffic through.   
      
   Just 2c   
      
   -- Phil   
      
   "Sandy Culver"  wrote in message   
   news:483bqvc6bpb17abvetq4hv4a3od6v5e0ar@4ax.com...   
   > Having trouble with a VPN using Comcast cable over a Linksys using   
   > Windows XP Pro   
   >   
   > After reading of ports 1723 and 47 being required, made those changes   
   > (hopefully correctly  to the intenal IP address of the laptop   
   > 192.168.1.4) for both TCP and UCP, but the connection (work uses very   
   > standard Microsoft VPN server software) fails at the password (RAS in   
   > log) area.   
   >   
   > The Linksys is the 4 port cable router  BEFSR41  and the firmware is   
   > 12/02 updated.   
   >   
   > To test my lack of VPN connection over cable, I went back to my  dial   
   > up service to another IPS and then the VPN connects right away.   
   >   
   > Any users have ideas or suggestions?   
   >   
   > Thanks,   
   >   
   > Sandy   
      
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