RE: VPN

From: Bill Peng [MSFT] (v-bpeng_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/07/05


Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 06:22:43 GMT

Hi Denis,

Thank you for the update.

I hope the info I provided in the previous reply is useful.

If you need further assistance in this scenario, please post back and I
will follow it up.

If you decide to continue troubleshoothe software VPN issue, please feel
free to open a new thread.

Have a nice day!

Bill Peng
MCSE 2000, MCDBA
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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>Thanks for that feedback.
>
>I have been trying for a few weeks to get the SBS2003 VPN to work
properly.
>I can regularly get a connection to the remote server but no data
available
>or data only available intermittently, and just as regularly get a
>password/login failure and therefore no VPN connection available at all.
(and
>the login/user details and configuration was not changed between different
>problems).
>I have found the software based VPN very unreliable, and the end user is
not
>at all satisfied. I am looking for any reliable alternate.
>
>"Bill Peng [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>> Hi Denis,
>>
>> Actually, if you have an ISA Server and a WAN Router, we recommend you
to:
>>
>> 1. Use ISA Server as the VPN server.
>> 2. On the router, forward TCP 1723 and IP Protocol 47 (also allow GRE
for
>> PPTP VPN) to the ISA Server.
>> 3. Do not use the hardware VPN device.
>>
>> To answer your questions:
>>
>> 1. If SBS 2K3 has 2 NIC and ISA is acting in the firewall mode, the
traffic
>> from VPN device will be denied.
>>
>> 2. If you decide to use the hardware VPN solution:
>>
>> Method 1.
>> Use 1 Internet connection, VPN device in the front line, then connect to
a
>> hub/switch, then connect the SBS server (1 NIC) and all the clients to
the
>> same hub/switch.
>>
>> Method 2.
>> Use 2 Internet connection, SBS can still have 2 NIC and act in the ISA
>> Firewall mode, but the VPN device will be connect to the SBS internal
NIC
>> (just like other client computers.) 1 Internet connection for the SBS
>> external NIC, and the other for the VPN device (which is connecting to
the
>> SBS LAN NIC).
>>
>> I hope the above info helps.
>>
>> Have a nice day!
>>
>> Bill Peng
>> MCSE 2000, MCDBA
>> Microsoft Online Partner Support
>>
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>> >I am a VPN novice so apologies if these are realy basic questions:
>> >
>> >SBS2003 running ISA. I need to set up a remote office for 4 users that
has
>> >full access to the 2003 server and local resources in a local office.
>> >
>> >I am looking at using the Sonic Wall TZ170 VPN interface.
>> >
>> >1: Can I use the (ISA) WAN port of the server to connect the TZ170 to
the
>> >server and provide local network access to VPN clients. If so will the
>> server
>> >retain it's (normal) internet access? (I think not since only external
>> >addresses are routed to that ISA WAN interface, unless routing is
>> rearranged.)
>> >2: The WAN ADSL modem we use is a 4 port router, could I connect the
TZ170
>> >to an Ethernet port on the ADSL router and bridge the TZ170 to the
local
>> >network router and provide lan(local) access for the remote office.
>> >3: If either of these is not applicable am I then correct in thinking
that
>> >to maintain a permanent lan(local) to lan(Remote) connection we would
need
>> >two internet connections for the server (one for permanent VPN and
another
>> >for internet access).
>> >
>>
>>
>



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