From: nospams@screwit.lol   
      
   Melon wrote:   
      
   >> I am having some strange problems with the Nortel Contivity VPN   
   >> client on a machine behind a Linksys router.   
   >>   
   >> I can connect to the VPN and view some websites on the intranet, but   
   >> I cannot connect to the intranet authentication website.  I get the   
   >> message from IE that I am about to view a secure page, but after I   
   >> click OK, nothing happens.  I can map network drives, but I cannot   
   >> read/write on them.  When I connect the laptop directly to my cable   
   >> modem, everything works as it should.  I can use the intranet just as   
   >> if I were at work.   
   >>   
   >> The laptop I am working with runs Windows 2000, and the router is a   
   >> Linksys BEFSR41 with the latest firmware on it.  I have tried putting   
   >> the laptop in the router's DMZ, but no joy.  Please help!   
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   >   
      
   Problem resolved.  I tried both firmware revisions 1.4.56 and 1.4.57 on   
   the router, and neither worked correctly.  I degraded the firmware   
   revision to 1.4.27, and everything is working as it should.  Strange and   
   beautiful.   
      
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