Windows 98SE VPN problem

[sobak]

I have a Windows 98 system that I'm attempting to setup a VPDN Adapter on. I can setup the VPN adapter bind TCP/IP to it and authenticate to the VPN Router. The problem is the system receives the wrong Subnet Mask from the router. The system receives the default 255.255.0.0 when the router is set to hand out 255.255.255.255. Everything else is fine except I can't see anything on the VPN. I know it's not the router because other systems log into it fine so I'm looking into problems with the configuration of the Windows 98 system.

Has anyone ran into this problem before? I'm at a loss.



david e
*end users are just like computers, some you can work with...others just need a simple reBOOTing to fix their problems.*

 

[mattjurado]

What subnet mask do the other machines receive? Also, why are you trying to use 255.255.255.255?

Matt J.

 

[sobak]

I'm using 255.255.255.255 because the system is connecting to a virtual template on the router (I have no control over this since it's logging into the router directly). Once the system logs in then the routing table on the router is updated that all traffic for the system is routed down the Virtual Template. All the others receive the proper Mask of 255.255.255.255 but the Windows 98 system does not receive this, it uses the default Class B mask.

david e
*end users are just like computers, some you can work with...others just need a simple reBOOTing to fix their problems.*

 

[sobak]

Problem resolved,

Removed VPN Services under the Add/Remove Programs, installed DUN update 4.1 and then reinstalled the VPN Services. After that everything was fine.



david e
*end users are just like computers, some you can work with...others just need a simple reBOOTing to fix their problems.*