Why no DHCP packets on ports 67 / 68 from the VPN server?

[Richard(UK)]

Hi,

I have set up the VPN server on XP.

After a lot of work adjusting firewalls and router settings I can now log in from an Android phone! Hurrah!

However I need to set the Virtual DHCP mode in the server to do this.

If I do not set Virtual DHCP I get a DHCP failure in the log files - and no connection.

I then put a DHCP server on my XP machine, and fully tested it.

However still no luck!

So I installed Wireshark, the network packet viewer. If I turn Virtual DHCP off, I do NOT see any DHCP request from the VPN server during a remote connection process.

I just get the DHCP error in the log file.

So: can the VPN server really use an external DHCP server running on the same XP machine?

Thanks!

Richard (in England)

[mesa57]

If you bridge the virtual hub with you're local lan the client will get it's ip address from the local lan's dhcp server (whatever that is).

[Richard(UK)]

>> If you bridge the virtual hub with you're local lan

Ah, it seems that I have missed a vital step ... back to the manual ...

Many thnaks!