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PPTP VPN Connection Problems
I am trying to configure my FVS336Gv3 to allow me to connect to my network remotely through VPN. I am using the PPTP server and although I am able to get Windows 7 and 10 PC's to connect remotely, th...
Hi bhocker,
Let me share this link and it might help help as reference.
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
Thanks, but that is the same document as the previous - same one that I followed setting it up. It is configured exactly as shown (except for the IP addresses) and connects fine. Problem is I can't get to anything when connected. Can you provide some troubleshooting ideas to try and diagnose the problem? I don't see that there are any logs for the PPTP connections.
When connected to the PPTP, ipconfig on the remote computer for that adapter shows:
PPP adapter PPTP_Work_Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 169.254.109.211
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
That doesn't seem right to me.
Thanks,
Ben
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