RE: VPN debugging fun, time to test your minds

Gaylen,
Can you turn on log errors and warnings in Routing and remote access
including PPP logging and post them here.
It may give us a clue as to why it’s happening.
Sound weird though.
Regards Wendel..


"Gaylen Michael" wrote:

> Ok - here's the problem in short, I've got a VPN server that's dropping
> connections after a couple minutes from clients who are connecting from
> certain locations.
>
> Here's the scenario that is driving me NUTS!
>
> Company A has a Windows 2003 server that is multi-homed and connected
> directly to our LAN and WAN at the office. VPN connections within the LAN
> work great and stay up all day. The VPN server seems to work fine for some
> WAN based users but not for others. I've had it work great for me when I am
> at one of the hotspots that I manage but then it drops within 3 mintues when
> I go home and yes this is from the same laptop computer. So, this would
> tell me it's something specific to my home LAN or ISP right? Well, I manage
> another Windows 2003 VPN server for a different Company B and I can VPN into
> that network all day and stay connected, again from the same computer and as
> well from my home network. The RRAS settings for these two company's is
> practically identical. So, that tells me that my home LAN is fine for
> outbound Windows VPN connections then right?
>
> Somehow it's the combination of my home LAN and company A's VPN
> configuration.
>
> Below is my home lan ipconfig
>
> Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-35-8E-64-DB
> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.102
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
>
> This is the Company A's vpn ipconfig once I connect from within that home
> lan. Yes, I do not choose to use the default gateway on either of my VPN
> connections to either company A or B.
>
> PPP adapter :
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.10.10.16
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.10.10.100
> 10.10.10.100
> Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 10.10.10.100
>
>
> Thx,
> Gaylen
>
>
>
.

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