Thread: Setting up VPN

I'm trying to set up a VPN so I can access my home stuff away from home.
I've been through the various Microsoft instructions for doing so, but I'm not able to make a connection. I'm wondering if MTNL block the port used for VPN (1723) but cannot find out for sure. Does anyone know?

I've used a port exploring site: Open Port Check Tool to check if it can connect to my IP address and it says connection timed out - but it says this on every port number I've tried, so I don't know if it is a port blocking issue, or whether perhaps I'm not getting the right IP address.

To give full context - in addition to setting up the VPN incoming network connection (on my Windows XP machine) and attempting to connect to it (from my Windows Vista machine); I have opened my firewall for port 1723, set up port forwarding on my router for port 1723 to the machine on my private network that is the VPN host, and I've registered with DynDNS.org to give me a public name that I can use to connect to from other machines.

I've confirmed that I can connect to the VPN host via the internal network (i.e. using the private IP address on my own private network).

After thinking further and reading some other posts for other ISPs, I think port forwarding is at least still part of the problem. I mentioned in my original post that I've set up port forwarding - which I have - on my own router controlling my private network. However, the MTNL supplied DSL router doesn't appear to have a port forwarding capability - (MTNL supplied DSL router connects to splitter/cable, then my wireless router plugged into that with port forwarding enabled and my PCs running off my router).

So I guess I need to run the DSL router just as a modem and not as a router to allow my own configurable router to handle the port forwarding - any ideas how to do that?