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BKF · 01-16-05, 11:05 PM

I've been trying to find out as much as I can about VPNs on my Axim X50v. I finally found the "key" today on another site. I have yet to see it mentioned here at all, in my searches, so I figured i'd mention it here in case others haven't seen it yet.

The "key" is that VPN communication will only work inside the network with addresses that don't use a period! Sounds silly, but I'll bet it's stumped a lot of people.

For instance, once you establish a VPN connection, and open up PIE or Netfront or Terminal Services, you CANNOT use an IP address (blah.blah.com or #.#.#.#). If you do, it redirects the request to the internet (sometimes dropping the VPN connection in the process). But let's say you've got a computer called "BKF" inside the VPN network. If you've got a VPN connection properly setup (in the connections menu) and, for instance, open up Terminal Services Client, and tell it to connect to BKF (intead of an actual IP address), it'll automatically connect the VPN and then make the request over the VPN connection. I had always tried using the actual IP address of my computer on the network, but that was wrong.

I should also mention I use pockethosts. I don't know it this is required, but I have BKF set as the IP address it really is on the network inside the VPN.

I'm tickled that I got it working tonight. I was able to VPN into my home computer from my fiance's sister's house over her wireless router, fire up Internet Explorer on the computer, log into a wireless internet camera I have set up at work, and watch a rat trying to knock over a peanut butter jar on top of the fridge (don't ask... heh), in real-time!

I've heard that the PPC VPN is pretty picky about what VPN servers it'll connect with, but it connected with my home 3Com VPN router just fine using PPTP.

Here's the site I used to setup the VPN connection.

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.or...e80211bVPN.htm

I still have yet to figure out how to connect to a VPN over a Bluetooth connection to my SE T616 GSM phone. The actual VPN connection never seems to establish like it does with WI-FI, even though I have internet access.

Guess that's my next project... Trying to figure that one out.

01-16-05, 11:05 PM	#6 (permalink)
BKF Aximsite Major League Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 381 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I've been trying to find out as much as I can about VPNs on my Axim X50v. I finally found the "key" today on another site. I have yet to see it mentioned here at all, in my searches, so I figured i'd mention it here in case others haven't seen it yet. The "key" is that VPN communication will only work inside the network with addresses that don't use a period! Sounds silly, but I'll bet it's stumped a lot of people. For instance, once you establish a VPN connection, and open up PIE or Netfront or Terminal Services, you CANNOT use an IP address (blah.blah.com or #.#.#.#). If you do, it redirects the request to the internet (sometimes dropping the VPN connection in the process). But let's say you've got a computer called "BKF" inside the VPN network. If you've got a VPN connection properly setup (in the connections menu) and, for instance, open up Terminal Services Client, and tell it to connect to BKF (intead of an actual IP address), it'll automatically connect the VPN and then make the request over the VPN connection. I had always tried using the actual IP address of my computer on the network, but that was wrong. I should also mention I use pockethosts. I don't know it this is required, but I have BKF set as the IP address it really is on the network inside the VPN. I'm tickled that I got it working tonight. I was able to VPN into my home computer from my fiance's sister's house over her wireless router, fire up Internet Explorer on the computer, log into a wireless internet camera I have set up at work, and watch a rat trying to knock over a peanut butter jar on top of the fridge (don't ask... heh), in real-time! I've heard that the PPC VPN is pretty picky about what VPN servers it'll connect with, but it connected with my home 3Com VPN router just fine using PPTP. Here's the site I used to setup the VPN connection. http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.or...e80211bVPN.htm I still have yet to figure out how to connect to a VPN over a Bluetooth connection to my SE T616 GSM phone. The actual VPN connection never seems to establish like it does with WI-FI, even though I have internet access. Guess that's my next project... Trying to figure that one out.