Re: Remote Access and Setting up a VPN....need some expert advice....

Yes port 1723 for PPTP.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"VectorPrime" <NoSpam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:c0mm6219952tjol5eltm4fenh5ajfhf9pv@xxxxxxxxxx
Thank you....I'll give it a try. Assuming I get it set up correctly,
I assume I'll need to append the port number (1723) to the public IP
address in the browser to make the connection?


On Tue, 16 May 2006 21:45:01 -0500, "Robert L [MS-MVP]"
<noreply@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>1. Assuming you need to access the server shared folder only, it is better to use VPN.
>
>2. Since you have two NICs in the server, you can setup VPN follow this step by step how to. How to setup VPN on 2003 as router
>Browsing over VPN · Enable Terminal Services · Export VPN Client Settings · Setup Windows VPN Client...
>
>3. Assuming the router is VPN pass through, you need to forward port 1723 to the IP 10.10.10.5.
>
>4. You can use public IP to access the VPN.
>
>Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
>Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
>How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "VectorPrime" <NoSpam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:5dtk62tuc7slhq895bn07k4uvf4vaust3l@xxxxxxxxxx
> I'm hoping one of you guru's can point me in the right direction. I'm
> trying to figure out the best way to provide remote access to our
> company server (from home) for a couple of employees. First, here is
> the set-up: SBS 2003, two NIC's....one connected to an Efficient
> Networks DSL modem/router. The IP of this NIC is 10.10.10.5. The
> router provides a 1.5Mbs SDSL connection to the internet. The gateway
> (router) address is 10.10.10.1. The second NIC in connected to our
> internal network and has an address of 10.0.0.254 (static). This is
> effectively the internal address of the server. I also have the
> public IP address (internet side) for the router, which is 64.105.X.X,
> also static.
>
> I do not use ISA. I can connect to the server via Remote Desktop from
> within the internal network, but not from without. Here are my
> questions:
>
> 1. What is the best solution (safest and easiest) to allow my
> employees to acccess the server over the internet? I believe my
> choices are VPN, or Remote Desktop. They only need access to the
> server, not to their individual desktop.
>
> 2. Where can I find a decent set of instruction for setting up this
> particular type of access?
>
> I assume that I need to open certain ports in the router, and then
> forward them to the SBS server (which NIC do I forward them to?).
> Also, we do not have a FQDN for this network. Our internet website is
> hosted external to this network. The name of the server takes the
> form of companyname.local. Does this pose a problem, or will the
> router IP address work for access (I can ping the router IP from
> outside the network).
>
> Please forgive the confusion, but I am indeed new to this and I
> greatly appreciate all responses.
>
> TIA!

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