VPN Question

[jcaff]

Hi to all - strange isue that has had me stumped for some time - months!

I have a DSL modem with local tel company - can surf, get email, both hotmail, pop3 and Exchange over Internet and I can connect to my office via Remote Desktop - all seamless by the book no problem. However......

I have a VPN setup at my office but cannot connect to the office from my home vi the VPN - BUT I have no problem connecting to the office via the VPN from anywhere else- even a free wireless hot spot in a hotel using the same saved network connection settings that don't work at home.

Contacted the ISP (phone co) who said that as you are able to surf get email etc then you should have no issue with a VPN? Seems logical?

I have a Belkin Pre N wireless router (VPN doesn't work from desktop in the house either) - I have tried disabling the firewall - it is a PPoE connection - I have resent this - I have even reset the router to origianal factory settings. All with the same result - no connection - doesn't get past verifying / authenticating user name and password - and I have confirmed this and have connected using the same uname and p/w.

I have tried to disable any firewalls security in Windows - (temporarily disabled firewall and set security to low) - same result.

Anyone have any "Pearls of Wisdom"? Would be eternally indebted if someone could solve this vexing issues?

Thanks,

Jeremy