Can’t connect to vpn since Microsoft Security update
I am trying to connect to a Win 2003 VPN server from a PC running Windows XP Professional wired to a Linksys WRTP54G router (Vonage voIP) and cable modem.
On Thursday, January 5, I got the VPN connection working fine. I used it multiple times including rebooting the PC.
That night the automatic Windows update applied the patch for the WMF problem. Since then I have not been able to establish a vpn connection. I get Error 800. Any suggestions? Has anyone else encountered this problem?
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January 7, 2006 3:21 PM
UPDATED:
January 8, 2006 11:35 AM
Answer Wiki:
Please read this:
http://www.modemsite.com/56k/duns800.asp
Thanks,
Ajay
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Ajay,
Thanks for your response.
However, since nothing had changed at either end of the VPN connection (except for the Windows XP and Windows 2003 security updates), I don’t see where any of those items apply.
This maybe a stupid idea but sometimes the Windows patches when they are done turn the Microsoft Firewall on and/or change its settings. You might want to check there first.
MadMax2,
Thanks for your reply.
I also thought that might be the problem but the firewall is turned off.
By the way, I have taken the Linksys router out of the path, i.e., I am going directly from my PC to my cable modem, and I get the same error 800 message.
Thanks for the replies and assistance.
It turned out that my DNS was not translating the name. Don’t know why that happened but I am up and running now.