So, I changed my HOME network over to the same IP addressing scheme as the network where the XP computers cannot connect, even down to the router IP address. Router = 192.168.1.5. I was able to duplicate the problem exactly. So, if anyone wants to look through the following IPCONFIG /ALL and ROUTE PRINT for both XP and Win 7 PCs and see what might be causing the XP computers to fail communications across the VPN, I would be very grateful. This is over my head!!
XP computer
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.mi.comcast.net.
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Linksys Wireless-G PCI Network Adapter with SpeedBooster
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-XX-XX-XX-XX-9A
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.101
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.5
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.5
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 75.75.76.76
75.75.75.75
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, February 01, 2016 2:57:39 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, February 02, 2016 2:57:39 PM
PPP adapter VPN-NAME:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.50.3
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.50.3
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.51
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Secondary WINS Server . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner>route print
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Interface List
0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface
0x2 ...00 XX XX XX XX d4 ...... Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection - Packet Scheduler Miniport
0x3 ...00 XX XX XX XX 9a ...... Linksys Wireless-G PCI Network Adapter with Spee dBooster - Packet Scheduler
Miniport
0x80005 ...00 53 45 00 00 00 ...... WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
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Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.5 192.168.1.101 26
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.50.3 192.168.50.3 1
50.76.xxx.xx 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.5 192.168.1.101 25
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.101 192.168.1.101 25
192.168.1.101 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 25
192.168.1.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.101 192.168.1.101 25
192.168.50.3 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 50
192.168.50.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.50.3 192.168.50.3 50
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 192.168.1.101 192.168.1.101 25
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 192.168.50.3 192.168.50.3 1
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.101 192.168.1.101 1
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.50.3 192.168.50.3 1
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.50.3 2 1
Default Gateway: 192.168.50.3
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Windows 7 computer -
PPP adapter VPN-NAME:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VPN-NAME
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . :
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.50.2(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.mi.comcast.net.
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Qualcomm Atheros AR8161/8165 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C8-XX-XX-XX-XX-FE
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, February 01, 2016 2:31:37 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, February 02, 2016 2:31:37 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.5
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.5
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 75.75.76.76
75.75.75.75
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
C:\Users\Bubba>tracert 192.168.1.52
Tracing route to OFFICEMGR [192.168.1.52]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 21 ms 18 ms 18 ms router.asus.com [192.168.1.1]
2 20 ms 18 ms 21 ms OFFICEMGR [192.168.1.52]
C:\Users\Bubba>route print
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Interface List
21...........................VPN-NAME
11...c8 XX XX XX XX fe ......Qualcomm Atheros AR8161/8165 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernt Controller
1...........................Software Loopback Interface 1
14...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
12...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
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IPv4 Route Table
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Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.5 192.168.1.100 4245
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 On-link 192.168.50.2 21
50.76.xxx.xx 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.5 192.168.1.100 4246
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 4531
127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 4531
127.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 4531
192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 On-link 192.168.1.100 4501
192.168.1.100 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.1.100 4501
192.168.1.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.1.100 4501
192.168.50.2 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.50.2 276
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 4531
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 192.168.1.100 4502
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 192.168.50.2 21
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 4531
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.1.100 4501
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.50.2 276
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