VPN (PPTP) problem

Hi
I have a weird VPN problem on my macbook. I'm trying to connect to a Windows 2000 Server though VPN dialup (PPTP), it connects, seems like I'm getting an IP, but I cannot access anything on the network.
VPN dialup works fine from my iMac, so I know it's not a server issue.
Any one have any suggestions?
Thanks

I had this issue too.
I don't know much about this sort of thing, but my network admin makes me go to terminal every time and enter this in
sudo route add 10.10.0.0/16 10.10.7.1

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    At the office we have a 3Com OfficeConnect VPN Firewall sitting in front of a Microsoft 2003 Exchange server. (3Com product page for this VPN box is http://www.3com.com/products/en_US/detail.jsp?tab=features&sku=3CR870-95&pathtyp e=purchase). Home connection is a Linksys WRT54GL wireless router in front of a broadband cable modem. PPTP pass-through is enabled in the router config.
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    require data encryption (disconnect if none)
    PPTP VPN
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    software compression enabled
    multi-link negotiation for single link connections DISABLED
    server type = PPP
    transports = TCP/IP
    authentication = MS CHAP
    encryption = MPPE 128
    compression = none
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    Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : (companyname)-hj2
    Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : (companyname).local
    Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
    IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
    WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
    DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : (companyname).local
    Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX
    Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
    IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.104
    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
    DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
    PPP adapter (ConnectionName):
    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX
    Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
    IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.0.70
    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.0.70
    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.0.11
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    Pinging (InternalServer).(companyname).local [172.16.0.5] with 32 bytes of data:
    Reply from 172.16.0.5: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=128
    Reply from 172.16.0.5: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=128
    Reply from 172.16.0.5: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=128
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    ppp0: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1444
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    Tue Jul 18 08:50:57 2006 : PPTP connecting to server 'vpn.(companyname).com' (XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX)...
    Tue Jul 18 08:50:57 2006 : PPTP connection established.
    Tue Jul 18 08:50:58 2006 : using link 0
    Tue Jul 18 08:50:58 2006 : Using interface ppp0
    Tue Jul 18 08:50:58 2006 : Connect: ppp0 <--> socket[34:17]
    Tue Jul 18 08:50:58 2006 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0xb851f701> <pcomp> <accomp>]
    Tue Jul 18 08:50:58 2006 : rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <mru 1492> <auth chap MS> <magic 0x80697000>]
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    Tue Jul 18 08:50:58 2006 : sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <mru 1492> <auth chap MS> <magic 0x80697000>]
    Tue Jul 18 08:50:58 2006 : rcvd [LCP ConfRej id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <pcomp> <accomp>]
    Tue Jul 18 08:50:58 2006 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x2 <magic 0xb851f701>]
    Tue Jul 18 08:50:58 2006 : rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x2 <magic 0xb851f701>]
    Tue Jul 18 08:50:58 2006 : sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x0 magic=0xb851f701]
    Tue Jul 18 08:50:58 2006 : rcvd [CHAP Challenge id=0x1 <4f0656add65818c2>, name = "Guest"]
    Tue Jul 18 08:50:58 2006 : sent [CHAP Response id=0x1 <0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000004c86e5ccf08b95431034ef14706021 d358dc21b96a59157301>, name = "(UserName)"]
    Tue Jul 18 08:50:58 2006 : rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x0 magic=0x80697000]
    Tue Jul 18 08:50:58 2006 : rcvd [CHAP Success id=0x1 "Authentication succeeded, welcome!"]
    Tue Jul 18 08:50:58 2006 : CHAP authentication succeeded: Authentication succeeded, welcome!
    Tue Jul 18 08:50:58 2006 : Disabling 40-bit MPPE; MS-CHAP LM not supported
    Tue Jul 18 08:50:58 2006 : sent [CCP ConfReq id=0x1 <mppe +H -M +S -L -D -C>]
    Tue Jul 18 08:50:58 2006 : rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <addr 172.16.0.11> <ms-dns3 0.0.0.0> <ms-wins 0.0.0.0>]
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    Tue Jul 18 08:50:58 2006 : rcvd [CCP ConfReq id=0x1 <mppe +H +M +S +L -D -C>]
    Tue Jul 18 08:50:58 2006 : sent [CCP ConfNak id=0x1 <mppe +H -M +S -L -D -C>]
    Tue Jul 18 08:50:58 2006 : rcvd [CCP ConfAck id=0x1 <mppe +H -M +S -L -D -C>]
    Tue Jul 18 08:50:58 2006 : rcvd [CCP ConfReq id=0x2 <mppe +H -M +S -L -D -C>]
    Tue Jul 18 08:50:58 2006 : sent [CCP ConfAck id=0x2 <mppe +H -M +S -L -D -C>]
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    Tue Jul 18 08:50:58 2006 : sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <addr 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns1 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns3 0.0.0.0>]
    Tue Jul 18 08:50:58 2006 : sent [IPV6CP ConfReq id=0x1 <addr fe80::020a:95ff:fea5:564c>]
    Tue Jul 18 08:50:58 2006 : sent [ACSCP] 01 01 00 10 01 06 00 00 00 01 02 06 00 00 00 01
    Tue Jul 18 08:50:58 2006 : rcvd [LCP ProtRej id=0x1 80 57 01 01 00 0e 01 0a 02 0a 95 ff fe a5 56 4c]
    Tue Jul 18 08:50:58 2006 : rcvd [LCP ProtRej id=0x2 82 35 01 01 00 10 01 06 00 00 00 01 02 06 00 00 00 01]
    Tue Jul 18 08:50:58 2006 : rcvd [IPCP ConfRej id=0x1 <ms-dns3 0.0.0.0>]
    Tue Jul 18 08:50:58 2006 : sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <addr 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns1 0.0.0.0>]
    Tue Jul 18 08:50:58 2006 : rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x2 <addr 172.16.0.69> <ms-dns1 172.16.0.11>]
    Tue Jul 18 08:50:58 2006 : sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x3 <addr 172.16.0.69> <ms-dns1 172.16.0.11>]
    Tue Jul 18 08:50:58 2006 : rcvd [IPCP ConfAck id=0x3 <addr 172.16.0.69> <ms-dns1 172.16.0.11>]
    Tue Jul 18 08:51:01 2006 : sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x3 <addr 172.16.0.69> <ms-dns1 172.16.0.11>]
    Tue Jul 18 08:51:01 2006 : rcvd [IPCP ConfAck id=0x3 <addr 172.16.0.69> <ms-dns1 172.16.0.11>]
    Tue Jul 18 08:51:04 2006 : sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x3 <addr 172.16.0.69> <ms-dns1 172.16.0.11>]
    Tue Jul 18 08:51:04 2006 : rcvd [IPCP ConfAck id=0x3 <addr 172.16.0.69> <ms-dns1 172.16.0.11>]
    Tue Jul 18 08:51:07 2006 : sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x3 <addr 172.16.0.69> <ms-dns1 172.16.0.11>]
    Tue Jul 18 08:51:07 2006 : rcvd [IPCP ConfAck id=0x3 <addr 172.16.0.69> <ms-dns1 172.16.0.11>]
    Tue Jul 18 08:51:08 2006 : rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <addr 172.16.0.11> <ms-dns3 0.0.0.0> <ms-wins 0.0.0.0>]
    Tue Jul 18 08:51:08 2006 : ipcp: returning Configure-REJ
    Tue Jul 18 08:51:08 2006 : sent [IPCP ConfRej id=0x1 <ms-dns3 0.0.0.0> <ms-wins 0.0.0.0>]
    Tue Jul 18 08:51:08 2006 : rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <addr 172.16.0.11>]
    Tue Jul 18 08:51:08 2006 : ipcp: returning Configure-ACK
    Tue Jul 18 08:51:08 2006 : sent [IPCP ConfAck id=0x2 <addr 172.16.0.11>]
    Tue Jul 18 08:51:08 2006 : ipcp: up
    Tue Jul 18 08:51:08 2006 : local IP address 172.16.0.69
    Tue Jul 18 08:51:08 2006 : remote IP address 172.16.0.11
    Tue Jul 18 08:51:08 2006 : primary DNS address 172.16.0.11
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    Ping times look like this at first:
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    64 bytes from 172.16.0.5: icmp_seq=0 ttl=128 time=16.605 ms
    64 bytes from 172.16.0.5: icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=15.920 ms
    64 bytes from 172.16.0.5: icmp_seq=2 ttl=128 time=16.154 ms
    ^C
    --- (InternalServer).(companyname).local ping statistics ---
    3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
    round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 15.920/16.226/16.605/0.284 ms
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    PING (InternalServer).(companyname).local (172.16.0.5): 56 data bytes
    64 bytes from 172.16.0.5: icmp_seq=0 ttl=128 time=727.144 ms
    64 bytes from 172.16.0.5: icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=1727.030 ms
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    64 bytes from 172.16.0.5: icmp_seq=6 ttl=128 time=6720.334 ms
    64 bytes from 172.16.0.5: icmp_seq=7 ttl=128 time=6719.848 ms
    ^C
    --- (InternalServer).(companyname).local ping statistics ---
    15 packets transmitted, 8 packets received, 46% packet loss
    round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 727.144/4224.020/6720.334/2176.543 ms
    OK, enough for now. Can anyone spot what I might be doing wrong, and/or suggest something to try to remedy this? If there is any additional logging/debug info that would be useful, please ask and I will track it down.
    Thanks very much in advance!!! /HJ

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