Nortel VPN and Banner Text

What you describe can be a NAT issue.

The clients works OK thru NAT (network address translation, which I assume your router does), so long as only 1 client is using the external IP address.

Try this:

Disconnect the "old PC' from the network, reboot the router, give the laptop the "old PC's" IP and see if it works. I bet it does.

Well... I gave this a try and I have the same results. I tried it on the other 98 pc and the xp home pc. I'm thinking it's in the configuration of the client but there is not much to it. It looks like it all setup the same. Any other ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, David

One more thing with this. I connect my XP Home pc right to the cable modem and I still get the same results. It times out at the 'Checking for Banner Text...'. So, it must be in my setup? Any help? Thanks, David

It's probably your firewall that is bloking the network. I had the same problem. To make it work, the vpn network address where you connect has to be in the thrusted zone (I use zone alarm) and the vpn program has to have all the access as a client and server.

Good lock

I've had this happen on XP Pro and it was the result of the Norton Antivirus Internet Worm Protection being on. This is a firewall. You'll need to go turn it off in order for the VPN to connect successfully....