Re: VPN still not working :( Ports for VPN?

From: Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP] (kweilbacMVP_at_gte.net)
Date: 11/26/04 

Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 09:07:13 -0500

Good to hear you got it working.
Enabling PPTP = Enabling GRE/47 protocol 

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Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
"The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"
"Imran Aziz" <imran@bindweb.com> wrote in message 
news:%23kk92Z70EHA.132@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Thanks a lot for your response. I was missing some settings specific to my 
> router.
> US robotics comes with a default settings for the PPTP traffic, which when 
> enabled for a virtual server, works like a charm.
> Imran.
>
> "Marina Roos [SBS-MVP]" <marina@roos.nodontwantspam.nl.com> wrote in 
> message news:ukMu3Z60EHA.2600@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Imran,
>>
>> For VPN you need TCP port 1723 and the Pass Through protocol also known 
>> as
>> GRE 47 protocol.
>>
>> -- 
>> Regards,
>>
>> Marina
>> Microsoft SBS-MVP
>>
>> "Imran Aziz" <imran@bindweb.com> schreef in bericht
>> news:upW58T60EHA.1408@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>> Hello All,
>>>     I posted few emails to the news group sometime ago. The issue is 
>>> that
>> I
>>> have to setup a VPN, I had a dlink 504 router and I opened port 1723 on 
>>> it
>>> to get the VPN working, but it did not work with that, although when In
>>> opened the DMZ to the VPN server it worked fine. So I was suggested to 
>>> buy
>>> another router since dlink 504 did not support VPN.
>>> So I bought a new US robotics router USR019105 ADSL 4-port which states
>> that
>>> it supports VPN, but after installing it I am having the same problem 
>>> with
>>> it also :( , can anyone please tell me what other ports need to be 
>>> opened
>> on
>>> the router to get it working ? I have opened TCP/UDP port 1723 on the
>>> router, but the same issue occurs, the user authentication just hangs 
>>> for
>>> ever and the user is not authenticated.
>>>
>>> Imran.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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