Personal firewall not allowing VPN connection to office

[makeit2more]

If I disable the personal firewall in Smart Security, I am then able to use VPN to connect to my office, otherwise nothing happens when I try to connect. This is not a great scenario. Can somebody please point me in the right direction, I think I need to set up a rule/trusted zone, but get my head round it.
Your help is much appreciated

Many thanks

XP SP3

[ronjor]

Hello makeit2more,

An older thread (http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?p=1267473) with a post (http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=1267473&postcount=7) by Marcos.

In addition, ESS beta 4 has a learning mode in the firewall that makes it simple to edit rules for your applications.

(Very stable and fast beta)