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   I think I just found the problem, if someone could confirm for me.   
   When I'm connected to the VPN from the Windows XP router, on the   
   status window it says "IPSec NAT Traversal disabled."  I'm assuming   
   this is a server setting, and I'm outta luck.   
      
   Bruce   
      
      
   On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 15:50:12 -0600, Bruce  wrote:   
      
   >I'm trying to connect to a VPN using the Contivity client.  Our home   
   >network consists of Windows 2000 machines connected to the Internet   
   >via a Windows XP Home Edition SP1 machine using the built-in ICS and   
   >ICF (Internet Connection Firewall.)  We are on Direcway, so it is   
   >required that our "router" be a Win32 machine so that Direcway's   
   >application can run and connect to the satellite service.   
   >   
   >I can connect if I install the client on the Windowx XP router both   
   >with and without the ICF enabled.  Unfortunately, this machine is   
   >terribly slow, and when connected to the VPN the rest of the LAN is   
   >disconnected from the Internet.   
   >   
   >If I install on one of the LAN machines, the client attempts to   
   >connect, but gets to a popup box that says, "Attempting to download   
   >banner text from server..."  After showing this for about 30 seconds,   
   >a message box pops back that says, "The secure connection to server...   
   >has been lost..."  This happens with or without ICF enabled.   
   >   
   >One thing I noticed in the ICF log file is that a lot of packets are   
   >being dropped where the source is the local LAN IP address, the   
   >destination is the VPN server to which I'm connecting, and the   
   >Protocol is "50," which I understand to be the ESP protocol.   
   >   
   >Does anyone know how to get around this problem with the environment   
   >I'm in?   
   >   
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