Re: Setting Up a VPN on W2000

From: Phillip Windell (_at_.)
Date: 06/07/04 

Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 09:22:02 -0500

Ah! I missed the part about them both eing Win2kPro. 

-- 
Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com
"Steven L Umbach" <n9rou@nospam-comcast.net> wrote in message
news:F56wc.46197$eY2.35937@attbi_s02...
> Sure. See the link below on how to do it. Keep in mind that a W2K Pro
computer can
> accept only one connection at a time. You will have to configure your
router to port
> forward to port 1723 tcp and allow protocol 47 gre which commonly is
referred to as
> "pptp pass through" on common nat routers. I found on a Linksys router
[the original
> wired one] that I had to disable SPI to allow pptp pass trough to work. I
would also
> configure the connectoid on your client vpn to connect to your vpn server
side of the
> connection by entering the public IP address at the server end and if
possible
> configure your router to accept port 1723 inbound only from your client IP
public
> address. Also configure your vpn client connectoid in
properties/networking to use
> pptp instead of auto as W2K will always try l2tp first if auto is
selected. --- Steve
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;257333
>
> "Jonathan Sweeny" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1860401c44a6c$c419e010$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> > I want to set up a PPTP VPN between two Windows 2000
> > machines, both running professional version.
> >
> > Is that possible?
> >
> > Is there any documentation that I can get get from Tech
> > Net to assist with this process?
> > I am going to be using static IP addresses on DSL service
> > to enable this connection.  Will I need to make any
> > changes at the DSL router, and will I have to enable NAT
> > as well.
> >
> > Genuine thanks for any assistance that could be provided.
> >
> > Jonathan
>
>

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