Question : Problem: Multiple attempts needed to connect to windows 2000 PPTP VPN

Hi,

I have a WINDOWS 2000 network. The network has several servers on it. The main server is the primary domain controller, DNS, DHCP, WINS, etc. I have another machine (running Win2KServer even if it is a workstation configuration) that has RAS running to service a VPN.

The VPN is set for 20 ports.

I have intermittent connection problems. Sometimes when we try to connect we get:

Error 800 - Unable to establish connection

It may take a few tries and then we get through OK.

I can't seem to figure out what this is. I can tell you that it is NOT because we ran out of ports because it just happened and there are two people connected.

There is another symptom that I just hit. I am connected to the VPN and my colleague (we are behind a router and are natted) just tried to connect. He was able to connect but now I cannot seem access any resources on the VPN. Although I am connected (according to windows), I may as well as not have a connection at all.

We are both using XP with the latest updates.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Answer : Problem: Multiple attempts needed to connect to windows 2000 PPTP VPN

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