RE: remote access

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Hi,

Thank you for posting in SBS newsgroup.

From the description, I understand the issue to be: you get an error when
you configure remote access. If I have misunderstood your concerns, please
do not hesitate to let me know.

As I know, you may need to follow the steps below to configure VPN access
on an SBS environment:

1. Run CEICW, follow the wizard and select Enable firewall and then make
sure Virtual Private Networking (VPN) is selected in the Services
Configuration page. And make sure you have typed the public FQDN of the SBS
server on the Web Server Certificate page.
2. Run Remote Access Wizard in Server Management\Internet and
E-mail\Configure Remote Access, and select VPN access in the Remote Access
Method page. After finishing this wizard, RRAS is configured to allow
inbound VPN access, and it can assign IP addresses to the VPN clients by
using DHCP.

Note: When we run the remote access wizard to set up the VPN service, we
need to input the public IP address or the public FQDN of the SBS server.
We need to make sure that the address can be accessed from the internet.

3. On the VPN client, go to https://publicFQDN/remote, clear I'm using a
public or shared computer, log in and download Connection Manager.
4. Install Connection Manager on the VPN client.
5. Is there a hardware router installed in front of the SBS server? If so,
ensure that the port forwarding for TCP 1723 and GRE port (protocol number
47) are opened. PPTP VPN is negotiating a connection on TCP port 1723 and
send data to and from the PPTP server using the GRE protocol (IP Protocol
47, 0x2F if you are looking in Network Monitor). You should open port 1723
on the router and also make sure IP Protocol 47 is allowed.

Also you may need to check network configuration on SBS and client computer:

On SBS server:

External NIC:
IP: assigned by your ISP or your hardware router
Gateway: your ISP or your Hardware router IP
DNS: SBS INTERNAL NIC IP as the only entry

Internal NIC:
IP: Fixed IP
Gateway: None
DNS: SBS INTERNAL NIC IP as the only entry

In the DNS console (dnsmgmt.msc), right click your ServerName and click
properties. In the Forwarders tab, your ISP DNS server IP should be
inputted there.

On workstation inside your SBS local subnet

IP: Assigned by DHCP on SBS
Gateway: SBS internal NIC IP
DNS: SBS INTERNAL NIC IP as the only entry

Regarding information:

323441 How To Install and Configure a Virtual Private Network Server in
Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=323441

305550 How to configure a VPN connection to your corporate network in
Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=305550

I appreciate your time and look forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,

Crina Li (MSFT)

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| Thread-Topic: remote access
| | From: =?Utf-8?B?ZWRkYXZpczk3?= <eddavis97@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| Subject: remote access
| Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 18:44:02 -0700
| | Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs
| |
| I new installed sbs 03, now trying to installe remote access, I run the
| wizard but it just gives me an error, i do notice that i can seem to
change
| the server name, it stays, but that is not the server name don't know
what,
| I don';t see a valid error in the log, or at least one that i
| reconize....help
|

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