I've noticed that since I installed parallels, I have had quirky and unreliable VPN connections both with PPTP and VTUN. Prior to this, my VTUN connections were rock solid. When I start a VTUN VPN connection I can ping hosts, but that's it. I can't even make a PPTP connect now. I've tried disabling all firewall software, but it didn't help. I just wanted to see if anyone else was experiencing this before I go thru a compete uninstall. Thanks John