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   Message 933 of 2,348   
   Raymond Dias to Patrick Warner   
   Re: Multiple VPN via ADSL Gateway?   
   21 Apr 04 18:33:35   
   
   From: raydias@hp.com   
      
   Some devices only allow one session for vpn. They may not specify, but if   
   you call them, they may be able to shed some light.   
      
   Raymond Dias   
      
   "Patrick Warner"  wrote in message   
   news:8e06f44d.0404200608.742e5d8e@posting.google.com...   
   > Hi this may be a stupid question but I'm not sure how VPN works so I   
   > don't really understand the limitations.   
   >   
   > I have a home ADSL Wireless Gateway (US Robotics USR9106).   
   >   
   > Myself and my wife both work for the same company, and we connect to   
   > our company via a VPN client to access email and so on.   
   >   
   > What we have found is that only one of us can connect to the VPN at a   
   > time, and indeed once one of us connects, the other cannot connect for   
   > a while even if the first person logs out.   
   >   
   > According to the specs, my Gateway has "VPN Traversal (Pass-through   
   > IPSec, PPTP, L2TP)" but frankly I have no clue whether I have set this   
   > up properly.   
   >   
   > Is this a limitation of my hardware that I can only have one VPN   
   > connection active at a time or can I change some settings to allow   
   > this?   
   > cheers   
   > p   
      
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