Can someone tell me if there is a way to use the built in WINDOWS XP
PRO VPN CLIENT to connect to a SONICWALL PRO 330 vpn and if so how? I
have tried everything and it wont connect.  It appears I can only
connect to the sonicwall using the SONICWALL GLOBAL VPN CLIENT..
anyone get it to work??

Thanks..

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Dave Hauss wrote:
> Can someone tell me if there is a way to use the built in WINDOWS XP
> PRO VPN CLIENT to connect to a SONICWALL PRO 330 vpn and if so how? I
> have tried everything and it wont connect.  It appears I can only
> connect to the sonicwall using the SONICWALL GLOBAL VPN CLIENT..
> anyone get it to work??
>
> Thanks..


Yes I can answer that:

No, there is no way to do it. According to sonicwall it has to do with
the way the XP client negotiates - apparently it does so in a
"non-standard" way. Something to do with jow it handles aggressive mode.

Other VPN clients will likely work OK, just not the Windows XP built in
client.

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dahauss@unlimitedsounds.com (Dave Hauss) wrote:
>Can someone tell me if there is a way to use the built in WINDOWS XP
>PRO VPN CLIENT to connect to a SONICWALL PRO 330 vpn and if so how? I
>have tried everything and it wont connect.  It appears I can only
>connect to the sonicwall using the SONICWALL GLOBAL VPN CLIENT..
>anyone get it to work??
>
>Thanks..

XP built-in IPsec client can connect to standards-conforming IPsec VPN
server easily. For step-by-step configuration, see my company website
below. Some commercial VPN servers implements some proprietary stuff
only to tight their users up, which neither enhances security nor
performance.

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INVALID@google.com wrote:

>
>
> XP built-in IPsec client can connect to standards-conforming IPsec VPN
> server easily. For step-by-step configuration, see my company website
> below. Some commercial VPN servers implements some proprietary stuff
> only to tight their users up, which neither enhances security nor
> performance.

No. In fact if the remote end properly implements agressive mode as per
the standard, the windoze XP ipsec client won't work with it.

-Sean

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