hey folks. We are running Vista Business. We have one user, when we
setup vpn connection, even though we tell the wizard to "use my
internet connection" (LAN via CAT 5 and Wireless) it for some reason
keeps trying to setup to go out thru a dialup connection, even though
one doesn't exist.

Anyone experience this, and/or have a solution?

Hi,

I hate these kind of 'me too' posts, but, yes, indeed, I have the exact same problem.

I first thought it was because I have two network connections (wired and wireless) and one of both is not running (cable unplugged for example).

That didn't help.

I then thought of disabling one. To no avail.


I'm still looking into this, as I really was able to define a VPN connection that went over my Internet Connection a week ago. But now, I can't get that working anymore.

So I'm thinking now that this can be caused by a recent update, or some software I recently installed.


I'll get back here when I find out what's causing this.

Cheers,
v

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On Apr 6, 7:29 am, Vincent wrote:
Hi,

I hate these kind of 'me too' posts, but, yes, indeed, I have the exact same problem.

I first thought it was because I have two network connections (wired and wireless) and one of both is not running (cable unplugged for example).

That didn't help.

I then thought of disabling one. To no avail.

I'm still looking into this, as I really was able to define a VPN connection that went over my Internet Connection a week ago. But now, I can't get that working anymore.

So I'm thinking now that this can be caused by a recent update, or some software I recently installed.

I'll get back here when I find out what's causing this.

Cheers,
v

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Sorry for the confusion, but this message was sent as a reply through
eggheadcafe, but the message comes in the group as a new message.


I'll describe the problem:

I try to add a new VPN connection in Vista (Ultimate). I do define
that it is NOT a dial up connection, but a VPN connection going over
my network connection. I can define the remote host, the username and
password, etc. But Vista forces the connection to become a dial up
connection.

When going to Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections I
see that in the icon it is clearly marked as dial-up, it is placed in
the dial-up group, and when I view the properties of the connection,
on the General tab, it says, under Connect using: Modem removed. In
the Phone number text box, I can find the host address I entered
during setup.

In the Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections panel,
it says Unavailable - device missing.


And I did manage to get it working after my initial Vista install. Yet
after some days, after a reboot, Vista had switched the connection to
being a dial-up connection.


Cheers,
v

Hi all,

I just had the same issue happen to one of my Dell Laptops running
Vista Ultimate. It was fine until two weeks ago then suddenly it's gone
from a regular VPN connection to a dial-up connection that says "device
missing" and has the modem icon. no matter what I try i can't get it to
go back to a VPN connection.

Has anyone found a way to resolve this issue yet?


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nst501
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Never had a modem installed on Vista machine - had VPN working fine.

Was remotely telling a friend how to install their Speedtouch 330 modem
under Vista, and ended up installing one on mine just so I could go
through each step.

Even after unplugging and uninstalling the modem, I found that whenever
my browser took a few seconds to load a page, my existing VPN connection
would pop up, prompting me to dial it - I kept clicking cancel, but this
became annoying, so I ended up deleting the VPN connection, thinking I
would simply recreate it.

Unfortunately, whenever I try to recreate the VPN connection, it fails
because under the connection properties it has 'Connect using: Modem
Removed- Unavailable device ()" On my list of available networks, the
status says "This connection is not available because there is a problem
with your modem or network adapter"

I can't figure a way to a) remove all traces of having installed a
modem, and more importantly b) force my VPN connection to use the
existing LAN network adapter!

Look forwad to any responses to this!

Thanks


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RSIboy
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I have just experiened the same problem. I am using VISTA Ultimate and
had VPN connections working fine. I went onsite and decided to use my
bluetooth phone to create a modem connection. That worked fine and VPN
was fine.

But when i disconnected i found that my VPN connection was changed to a
dial-up connection??? I deleted and re-created my VPN but each time i
create, it always tried to dial a modem first. I have deleted the modem
(bluetooth) and even disabled drivers to no-avail. It simply will not
recognise that i have an ethernet connection.

I hope someone finds a fix for this.

I will contact Micrsoft next week and use some of my support time. In
meantime love to hear if someone finds a fix.

DrewMann


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