If you have Problems to see your Network Neighbourhood or Programs like VNC and Remote Desktop are not working, then you should Disable the Loopback Adapter under Administration -> Management in your Router. Although it seems like this is a weird approach since you are using your router to forward to itself, it often times allows the VPN connection to suceed.įor more information on setting up a VPN connection in Windows XP see this article.įor other Windows versions see this link. If you have followed the above steps and still cannot connect to the VPN, try forwarding the PPTP Port (1723) with TCP protocol to the LAN IP Address of your router (i.e. Then at connect window, type the username and password you used earlier under Chap Secret (in our example: testmachine:password1234). Type the WAN IP address of your router, it must be static address or an address through or the likes. Select Connect to Network at my Workplace, then select Virtual Private Connection, give it a name (home link). Now on your PC select Create new Connection under Control Panel -> Network Connections. (This also applies to the router administration password that is included by default in the password file for pptpd.) Also avoid using the # character since this breaks pptp. Under Chap Secret put in username * password * for example: testmachine * password1234 * ( The "*" are NOT a Placeholder, they must be there ! ) Use no capital letters. On DD-WRT, go to the Administration->Services and set PPTP server to active, save the changes, then set the IP of router (192.168.1.1) for the server IP, and under Client IP(s) set a range for connections. Interesting article about strength and security of PKI today Pro-Linux (german) VPN with PPTP
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