Virtual Private Networking...

[Deron Dantzler]

I'm trying to use Virtual Private Networking with a colleague of mine, but I'm not really understanding how it's done? Any guides for this or any help? I'm on Windows XP.

[Geronimo]

You are kinda asking a very broad question. But here is a pdf that explains what a vpn is and how to deploy a vpn setup.

http://www.iec.org/online/tutorials/vpn/index.html

[Deron Dantzler]

specifically the problem i'm having is that i've set up a vpn, and i'm able to connect to it, however i lose my regular lan connection while doing so which in turns disconnects the vpn.

this problem also occured when trying to connect my laptop via parallel to my pc. i totally lost my connection to the internet until i disconnected the parallel device. then the connection to the internet was renewed.

[Geronimo]

Well, first make sure the you specify that your lan connection is the defualt connection. Secondly on local IP settings make sure you dont have the same subnet as the VPN server IP assigned address. I would also make sure the VPN server is giving you a routeable IP address.

[Big Booger]

taken from a site I visited:

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WARNING #4: If you establish a Virtual Private Networking (VPN) connection while sharing a different connection, the client computers won't be able to access the Internet until the VPN connection is ended.

That is why I guess...

BB