laptop network issues

Mirlyn

Mirlyn

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Here's the setup:

Two laptops via WiFi
WiFi connected to VPN router, as well as my desktop
VPN router is connected to the internet.

Cam's laptop just recently stopped being able to use our VPNs. She can browse the local network and surf the internet, but not ping or otherwise access resources over VPN tunnels. My laptop can and my desktop can.

I've yet to try it on cat5 instead of wifi. I did the "repair" which clears dns cache and arp tables thinking maybe something was stale or amiss. No effect. Its gotta be something on her laptop that doesn't allow it to browse other subnets or something.

Ready for the catch? It'll stop working for a day or two. Then start working again.

I'm stumped. :confuse3: Any ideas as to why this could be happening?
 
Winky

Winky

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remember the Wedding cake?
it's all aboot the OSI model

VPN lives above the IP layer don't it? Hmmm?
 
Mirlyn

Mirlyn

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Winky said:
remember the Wedding cake?
it's all aboot the OSI model

VPN lives above the IP layer don't it? Hmmm?
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In this case, isn't that controlled at the router?
 
Mirlyn

Mirlyn

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Winky said:
remember the Wedding cake?
it's all aboot the OSI model

VPN lives above the IP layer don't it? Hmmm?
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I think its the network layer at this point. However, its not the VPN; its her laptop. While she can't access the vpn at all, I can be browsing on my laptop. The problem doesn't replicate on any other system.
 
Winky

Winky

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Agreed the Laptop
so which OSI layer on the Lappie
to access the VPN? Session? or above?
heh I can't help but think Firewalls or virus\spyware...

*don't cha hate it when that happens?*
 
Mirlyn

Mirlyn

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Winky said:
Agreed the Laptop
so which OSI layer on the Lappie
to access the VPN? Session? or above?
heh I can't help but think Firewalls or virus\spyware...

*don't cha hate it when that happens?*
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Not a firewall...checked that......she's checking spyware now.....
 
Camelyn

Camelyn

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Winky said:
We await the definitive answer...
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A couple cookies, no spyware.

Personally, I think it is the work of evil computer gnomes, a distant, yet no less despicable cousin of the more common garden gnome.
 
Mirlyn

Mirlyn

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Luis G said:
Could it be a problem with the allowed IPs to the VPN?
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There are no restrictions at the router. My entire subnet is allowed. Our IPs are DHCP with several days of lease times, so they dont change (don't think they ever have).

This morning it stopped working. We haven't done anything to it. :shrug:
 
Winky

Winky

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And by "stopped working" you mean you are unable to ping
the IP's on the other far side of the VPN?
 
Mirlyn

Mirlyn

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Winky said:
And by "stopped working" you mean you are unable to ping
the IP's on the other far side of the VPN?
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Yes, as if the VPN dropped out entirely. She loses access to the remote network.

She uses remote desktop to check email and other office-based tasks from home. I use the remote shares as well as remote desktop to my office system when I'm at home. When she tries remote desktop, it fails about 70% of the time. During this time, she cannot ping her office machine, my office machine, or the remote fileserver. If we try my laptop, I can ping and connect to her office machine, my office machine, and the remote fileserver.

I've restarted the tunnels as well as both endpoint routers. No change/effect. :confused:
 
Winky

Winky

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Same OS? SP levels?
heh gimme a sec I'm gonna reload my OS with a Sif file

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
AutoPartition=1
MsDosInitiated="0"
UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[Unattended]
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=No
TargetPath=\WINNT

[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword=*
AutoLogon=Yes
AutoLogonCount=1
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=15
OemSkipWelcome=1
EncryptedAdminPassword=NO

[UserData]
ProductID=
FullName=""
OrgName=""
ComputerName=

[Display]
BitsPerPel=24
Xresolution=1280
YResolution=1024
Vrefresh=85

[TapiLocation]
CountryCode=1
AreaCode=602

[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup=home

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Branding]
BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

Home_Page=about:blank [Proxy] Proxy_Enable=0 Use_Same_Proxy=0
 
Winky

Winky

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Did ya swap her cable on the router???

To another port?

can she surf while this VPN outage is in effect?

can she see the inside private network during this outage?

Could the VPN app (or is it totally Mickey soft driven) be
the sole culprit?
 
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