Orin Eman wrote:

>> A PPTP connection is set up pretty quickly on any recent Windows PC, and
>> doesn't need a special router. (Most let it pass, for one connection at
>> least.)
> 
> Whether it works or not is a different matter...
> 
> Sorry for the rant, but my copy of XP at home can't handle a bad
> packet during the PPTP startup and just sits and sulks.  A Win2k
> virtual machine under Vmware on Gentoo Linux however works fine...

Well, yes, YMMV :)  

FWIW, I use PPTP regularly to connect to my home LAN (SMC router with
built-in VPN server) from my WinXP Pro notebook, and I never had a problem. 

Gerhard

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