Problems with VPN and Win98 boxes

[AKTech]

We are having a lot of repeat problems with VPN on Win98 machines. Upon install the VPN works fine but a day or two later it stops working - and in the Gatekeeper window under connectivity - Extended Networking is gone. We reinstall the client and it works again for a while.

This keeps reocurring with a large number of our tech laptops running Win 98. Is there any solution for this?

[adrien]

what version is this?

Adrien

[AKTech]

Version info show 1.2.2 build 892.

[adrien]

are these machines restarted often?

when you say the ENS disappears, does that mean the icon disappears in GateKeeper completely, or just is showing as disabled or not installed?

Adrien

[AKTech]

The clients are fieldtech laptops so they are constantly restarted...many times a day as the tech moves from call to call. When the problem occurs, it looks like the extended network part was never installed at all.

[adrien]

earlier versions would reset the driver to not start if the machine was rebooted 3 times without WinGare starting.

Normally on win98 WinGate will start each time the system comes up, unless that has been disabled in the registry?

adrien