Re: SBS 2003 - VPN - IPX Configuration

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From: Marina Roos [SBS-MVP] (marina_at_roos.nodontwantspam.nl.com)
Date: 06/15/04 

Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 19:01:02 +0200

Did you add that protocol to the server and the clients? 

-- 
Regards,
Marina
Microsoft SBS-MVP
"TKlein" <TKlein@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
news:69B5C081-80E3-4EEB-850B-1B6AAD1B63E3@microsoft.com...
> We have an older client/server product that requires the protocol. I wish
I knew a work around. Changing software is not an issue. This software works
fine on any windows LAN with ipx/spx installed (No Novell Server). We are
trying to get the same software to work through VPN. Are their any other
alternatives? All we need to do is get the client and the server to speak
ipx/spx.
>
> "Marina Roos [SBS-MVP]" wrote:
>
> > Why do you need that IPX/SPX protocol? Are you having Novell servers in
your
> > network?
> >
> > -- 
> > Regards,
> >
> > Marina
> > Microsoft SBS-MVP
> >
> > "TKlein" <TKlein@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
> > news:A9933E93-E2F1-47F5-94C4-3E6B9454CC3A@microsoft.com...
> > > I have VPN and RRAS setup however I cannot find out how to configure
the
> > IPX portion of the VPN clients connection. I want to provide the vpn
client
> > with the IPX/SPX network information that allows him/her to use the
protocol
> > through pptp.
> > >
> > > I scoured the internet, help files, etc.
> > >
> > > Microsoft posts...
> > > -----
> > > A computer running the NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS Compatible Transport
> > Protocol (NWLink) cannot connect to other computers.
> > >
> > > Cause:  Routing might be configured incorrectly.
> > >
> > > Solution:  Try the following:
> > >
> > > Verify that you have NetBIOS broadcast propagation (type 20 packets)
> > enabled on all the router router
> > > Hardware that helps local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks
> > (WANs) achieve interoperability and connectivity and that can link LANs
that
> > have different network topologies (such as Ethernet and Token Ring).
Routers
> > match packet headers to a LAN segment and choose the best path for the
> > packet, optimizing network performance.interfaces between the computers.
(A
> > Windows remote access server, which is a server running Windows Server
2003
> > and the Routing and Remote Access service, is an IPX router.) You can
enable
> > NetBIOS broadcast propagation in Routing and Remote Access.
> > > Verify that you do not have more than eight routers between the
computers
> > running Windows.
> > >
> > > ...
> > >
> > > Note:
> > > Computers running operating systems in the Windows Server 2003 family
> > cannot be IPX routers.
> > >
> > > -----
> > >
> > > Post 2 (Really Helpful!!!)
> > > ---
> > > Cause:  The VPN client is configured to request its own IPX node
number,
> > and the VPN server is not configured to allow IPX clients to request
their
> > own IPX node number.
> > >
> > > Solution:  Configure the VPN server to allow IPX clients to request
their
> > own IPX node number.
> > > ---
> > >
> > >
> > > Is ipx routing capability a necessity for SBS 2003 RRAS to provide the
> > necessary ipx/spx information to the vpn client in order to have a
> > successful ipx/spx connection through pptp? What am I missing?
> > >
> > > HELP!!!
> > >
> >
> >
> >

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