Re: 2003 VPN GRE error

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From: "Bill Grant" <not.available@online>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 13:43:24 +1000

If you are using PPTP then you need GRE. The data packets over a PPTP
connection are encapsulated with a GRE header.

Colin Graham wrote:
> RASMAN source is loggin event id 20209 - does anyone know if I can
> tell the server not to use gre? Or must I reconf our routers?
> Thanks in advance

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