Hi
I used Cisco VPN to connect to my office XP Professional on a university network from a XP desktop and a XP labtop at home. They all worked fine. After I upgraded to Vista Premium on the desktop, I tried to use Vista built in VPN, but with no success (while I am still able to connect using my labtop). After diagnosis, the message says, "Windows confirmed that ".....[server]" is current online, but is not responding to connection attempts at this time. This usually means that a firewall is running somewhere between the two computers and blocking "pptp". Windows has confirmed that Windows Firewall on this computer is correctly configured to allow this connection. However, a remote firewall might be blocking your connection." But I don't think there is a third firewall between my Vista and the server which is working.
I have tried to use Cisco VPN that worked before. But no connection. The error message is "Secure VPN Connection terminated by Peer. Reason 433: (Reason Not Specified by Peer. Connection terminated on.... Duration 00:00.00... The client did not match the firewall policy configured on the central site VPN device. Cisco Systems Integrated Client Firewall should be enabled or installed on your computer." I have tried all possible ways mentioned and all versions of Cisco VPN. Still no connection and the same error message. Can someone here please help with this. Would very much approciate any assistance.

Does the Vista have another security software like OneCare?
Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on ChicagoTech.net How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on HowToNetworking.com "Alex" Hi
I used Cisco VPN to connect to my office XP Professional on a university network from a XP desktop and a XP labtop at home. They all worked fine. After I upgraded to Vista Premium on the desktop, I tried to use Vista built in VPN, but with no success (while I am still able to connect using my labtop). After diagnosis, the message says, "Windows confirmed that ".....[server]" is current online, but is not responding to connection attempts at this time. This usually means that a firewall is running somewhere between the two computers and blocking "pptp". Windows has confirmed that Windows Firewall on this computer is correctly configured to allow this connection. However, a remote firewall might be blocking your connection." But I don't think there is a third firewall between my Vista and the server which is working.
I have tried to use Cisco VPN that worked before. But no connection. The error message is "Secure VPN Connection terminated by Peer. Reason 433: (Reason Not Specified by Peer. Connection terminated on.... Duration 00:00.00... The client did not match the firewall policy configured on the central site VPN device. Cisco Systems Integrated Client Firewall should be enabled or installed on your computer." I have tried all possible ways mentioned and all versions of Cisco VPN. Still no connection and the same error message. Can someone here please help with this. Would very much approciate any assistance.

If the University is using Cisco as the backend you won't be able to connect using the VPN software supplied with Windows Vista. You will need to obtain and install the Vista compliant version of the VPN client (which was released about a month ago).
Note: The updated client is only downloable from Cisco for customers with a support contract.
Best of luck, Joe
"Alex"

I tried all versions of VPN including the latest 5.00.00.0340. All the same error message. I started to wonder if my ADSL box has some firewall bewteen blocking? Just a layman's guess. Many thanks for response. Would appreciate any thoughts.
"Joe Guidera" wrote: