Problems with VPN

[XDane]

I am a little new at this, so bear with me if I don't use the terms correctly!

I am trying to set up a VPN, so I can log into my tower from my laptop using a modem or any other connection that I can get to. I am running W2K on both computers. I am using a Linksys Router for my Cable Modem. I gave my tower a static IP address and put it in DMZ (since I am not sure what ports the VPN needs. Does anyone knows?)

I created the VPN Connection on my laptop using my wizard, and using the standard options.

On my Tower I created the "Incoming Connection". I used the option of specifying TCP/IP addresses, and specifed a range that falls outside what the Linksys Router assigns with DHCP.

When I login to the Tower using a modem, I connect fine, but when I try to access anything on the Tower, I get an error saying "Server Not Set Up to Do Transactions". I have no problems accessing the Laptop from the Tower through this connection. At one time it suddenly worked for no apparent reason, but now I am back to the same error

Any help or advice would be GREATLY appreciated.

Henrik

 

[XDane]

I'm perplexed.

I went to MS website (again), to see if I could find anything. One place they mentioned some problems if you chose not to share your VPN connection when you created it. So I deleted my orignal connection, created a new VPN connection using the wizard, chose to share it, and started it. Voila! It worked.

I disconnected, and connected again. And VOILA! Same error message: Your server is not set up for transactions. I DON'T GET IT!!!

Henrik

 

[XDane]

If I have been connected via my LAN, pull the LAN cable, and then connect via my modem, I seem to be able to access the server w/o problems. If i have not been connected, I get the error