Re: XP Remote Desktop over VPN problem

Jose,

Since the LAN is behind a router there really is no need to use two NICs in the VPN server. Your network would then look close to this example. In this example the VPN server is Ashtabula.

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/Vista/PPTP/ExampleVistaVPNNetwork.pdf

....with the VPN server on one desktop and the SQL server on the other desktop. In the above example the SQL server would be running on Norman. Use addresses in the 192.168.16.X range versus the 192.168.1.X range in this example.

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/Vista/PPTP/VPNSetup06.jpg

You should be able to access the SQL server by IP or name once you connect through the VPN. You may need to use an lmhosts file on the client to map names to LAN IP addresses. Here is an example based on the above example network. You would change the addresses to the 192.168.16.X range.

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/Vista/PPTP/Examplelmhosts.txt

Make sense?

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"Jose Camacho Vaca" <JoseCamachoVaca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:55A5D945-EE69-436E-A1B5-4696A936797E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sorry for disturb your discussion, but I have a similar problem maybe you
could help.
I have a normal LAN, connected to internet and with a PC running SQL-Server
express. I need to connect a external PC via VPN to the LAN. For security
reasons I can not use de SQL PC as a VPN server, but maybe I could use one of
the others as a VPN server and connect through it to the SQL-PC. This is the
idea: the LAN is in the 192.168.16.x range, I use an internte router with
the needed ports open and the VPN server PC with 2 NICs (network cards).
What is the configuration method I should use? Thank you for your help.
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José Camacho Vaca
Colima, MX


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