On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 07:24:20 -0700, Knutsen, Vicki <vickik@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Has anyone had this issue with Outlook when trying to connect to a VPN > (Windows 2000 Server) that it asks you to retry and then connects after about > two or three retries? I wish I could put my finger on why it is doing that? What protocol is being used through the VPN tunnel to talk to the Windows 2000 Server? Are you able to ping the server by IP address and hostname? What version of Outlook? Any firewall software installed on the client? ....D