Re: A RAS/VPN "Is it just me?" question
From: Jim Behning SBS MVP (jimbehingmvp_at_mindspring.com)
Date: 03/17/04
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Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 03:57:24 GMT
I am confused. You have a T1 at the office connected to a Cisco
router. Then you say you have a Dlink at the office and a Dlink at
home. What does the Dlink at the office do? I have had a number of
accounts that used Cisco routers for their T1 and vpn works fine. You
can ask the ISP if 1723 tcp and 47 gre or PPTP is open on the Cisco.
If you are adventurous you could have me try to vpn from one of my
machines that vpns into a lot of different accounts. You would just
sit at the server make me a temp account. Watch what is happening in
RRAS and delete the account after the test. Send me an email if you
want to test.
I have not tried the rpc but I think the Outlook 2003 is the same all
the time. Maybe you need to try a complete install or look to see if
their are optional components of which rpc might be a part.
Another thing to try is speed tests to see if you are getting the
speed you think you are at home and at the office. www.dslreports.com
has a handy test. I have seen a full T1 underperform in speed tests
while the salesman was slamming other isps I use who deliver exactly
what the customer is paying for. Well with 10% or so which is close
enough.
"Kiran Otter" <kiranotter@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>"Jim Behning SBS MVP" <jimbehingmvp@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:8s0d501k0jimg0m2p8bqab4s4umihc8qcl@4ax.com...
>> Grabbing at straws. What is the ip of your remote workstation, the ip
>> the vpn gets assigned and the ip of the network at the office? Weird
>> things happen if your home network ip is the same as the office
>> network. Maybe post and ipconfig/all >ipconfig.txt to see if anyone
>> sees anything weird.
>
>I had a problem where RAS was unable to get a lease from DHCP, but fixed that. There was no binding to the LAN adaptor in DHCP. The
>server is giving VPN clients addresses in the 192.168.16.x range (usually 10-20). The workstation has the address of 192.168.0.20,
>and the DSL at home gets a dynamic address around 68.215.96.51. I have the same DSL service at work, but the worksation address is
>192.168.100.x.
>
>At work, connected to the VPN through our DSL, an ipconfig looks like this:
>
>Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VM Network Connection
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-02-A5-DD-34-94
> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.31
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.7
> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.1
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.1
> Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, March 16, 2004 8:47:30 AM
> Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, March 18, 2004 8:47:30 AM
>
>PPP adapter Connect to Small Business Server:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : CCFFLL.local
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.10
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.10
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
> Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
>
>My workstation is currently part of a W2K server network. It is not connected to the SBS 2003 server via the LAN.
>
>> What are mp3s doing on the server? I search and delete those but that
>> is just me. But a good transfer test I suppose.
>
>Just grabbed one for use as a test. :)
>
>> Run Spybot Search and Destroy with the latest definitions at home.
>
>I do this religiously and did last night just to check. Nothing was found.
>
>> The last few installs have asked for one license key but Outlook has
>> it's own key. True for my Action Pack and an open license set I have
>> for a non profit. I have a couple of SBS retail but unwilling to open
>> the seals on them.
>
>I have the Action Pack too, I may try that. Seems odd though that they'd give you a CD and no product key.
>
>> vpn pptp uses 1723 and gre 47. Something weird happen with someone's
>> router?
>
>It's a D-Link DI-604 here at work, and it has specific options for VPN. I also opened port 1723 to no avail. I'm a bit unclear what
>GRE47 is.. I read it's not port 47 but a protocol. I have tried bypassing the D-Link and my router at home, nothing changed. Could
>be the Cisco router on the T1.. I'll poke our T1 provider about that. As far as I know, it's wide open. But it does stand to reason
>it's this T1 router since if I bypass it (and the rest of the net) everything is fine.
>
>Thanks for your help Jim.
>
>Kiran
>
>>
>> Kiran Otter <kiranotter@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >During a copy, the data flow appears to just stop, then the copy times out.
>> >Copying a 8M MP3 isn't a problem and takes under 2 minutes. It seems to
>> >have to do with .dll and .exe files. If I just right-click a 47k exe file,
>> >it takes 4-5 minutes for the menu to appear. I thought the WinRAR context
>> >menu had something to do with that, but I just tried the right-click again
>> >and it's.. been going 5 minutes and I'm still waiting.
>> >
>> >The other thing is, I never see the correct icon for exe files. It's always
>> >the basic Windows icon. (Looks like a little window.) The only time they
>> >appear correctly is when I connect via the VPN directly through the switch
>> >for the T1.
>> >
>> >I also had another question. The Outlook 2003 CD that came with the SBS
>> >prompts me for a product key. The only product key I have (other than 3
>> >CALs) is the one for SBS, and it didn't like that. So I took a copy from
>> >the ClientApps of Outlook 2003 and I'm trying it at home, but it won't
>> >connect through RPC. I found something about changing the time-outs in the
>> >registry, but it points you to a RPC section under ...\11.0\Outlook, and
>> >there isn't one. My guess at this point is that the copy off the server
>> >has RPC disabled so you don't have users inadvertently enabling it when
>> >they're on the local LAN.
>> >
>> >And the right-click I did earlier? I'm still waiting for it. But meanwhile
>> >I can Terminal Service into the server, visit the Remote Web Workplace and
>> >read emails via the web without a problem. I'm fine if I never touch an
>> >.exe through a mapped drive in Explorer! :)
>> >
>> >Thanks,
>> >
>> >Kiran
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Jim Behning SBS MVP<jimbehingmvp@mindspring.com> wrote in
>> >news:ugnc505b5g4rdrg0kr18d21m5ik3o3l16e@4ax.com:
>> >
>> >> What happens when you do file copies? Trying to run an exe is a kind
>> >> of tough test because you don't know what all it is trying to pull or
>> >> push to you. Note that your dsl upload speed restricts everything. My
>> >> dsl is about 200 k upload and I lose about 25% with the vpn tunnel. My
>> >> av updates take a bit of time at home and at most of my remote offices
>> >> accounts. Do a dsl reports speed test to see what you adsl is giving
>> >> you before you do more vpn testing.
>> >>
>> >> I do laptop and remote computer installs from a cd or at the home
>> >> office before they go out in the field.
>> >>
>> >> "Kiran Otter" <kiranotter@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>I have a 2003 SBS connected to a 768K T1. IIS, Terminal Services, and
>> >>>surfing the web while connected via RAS/VPN are reasonably fast.
>> >>>(Downloading a driver from HP came through at about 30K/sec.)
>> >>>
>> >>>What's not fast are simple explorer file copies. And here's one in
>> >>>particular:
>> >>>
>> >>>On the SBS, in the ClientApps/Outlook 2003 folder, there's a
>> >>>setup.exe. Simply right-clicking this file hangs Explorer for about
>> >>>4-5 minutes before the context menu appears. During that time, the
>> >>>connection is busybusy transferring data. That setup.exe is about
>> >>>400K. (Update: I turned off the context menus from WinRAR.. and it's
>> >>>faster, down to about a minute, but that's still slow.)
>> >>>
>> >>>Also a (don't laugh) attempt to install Outlook 2003 over the VPN
>> >>>failed during the file copy, saying it couldn't access a file. And an
>> >>>attempt to just copy that folder locally through the VPN failed.
>> >>>
>> >>>So, is it just me or is this normal? :)
>> >>>
>> >>>A direct VPN through the T1 switch, eliminating our DSL and T1 ISPs
>> >>>and routers works fine. I've tried the workstation both at home and at
>> >>>work, two different DSL routers, even tried being on the DMZ, no
>> >>>difference.
>> >>>
>> >>>Thanks for your help.
>> >>>
>> >>>Kiran
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
Jim B. SBS MVP
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