Re: Another VPN Issue...Say it aint so...

Where are you located?
The server's firewall blocks pings so this is normal.

What firewall do you have? The firewall is probably blocking the packets is all.

VPN works when the firewall has the necessary port 'and' protocol settings. Any problem can be licked.

KG wrote:
See below

"Iakov" wrote:

My question is, where do I open/initiate the GRE protocol.
If your SBS NIC is directly connected to the Internet, then there is no need to open GRE or anything else. That's all taken care of automatically by SBS. Make sure your user account/s is in the Mobile Users group if you want a user to use VPN. If the user will remote access via Remote Web Workplace, then make sure they're in the Remote Web Workplace group.

[NEW RESPONSE - KG] That is what I thought but the problem is that I cannot make a connection to the server via VPN. I am a member of the mobile users and receive email on my AT&T 8525. I can also remote desktop and check email via the web. All access is provided by the same static IP. When I checked to see if the server was listening for GRE packets that I sent from my home computer (using pptpclnt and pptpsrv) the server did not receive it and the client did indicate that it had made a connection to the server. When I use My Network Connections on XP Pro (home computer) I connect to the server but get hung up on verification of user name and password; hence the error "721". Also I am amazed that I can connect using remote desktop and exchange web when I cannot ping the server. I work with Dell using webex sessions all the time for things that get me stumped, but even this is stumping them and even in their research on this, this seems to be a common problem with a solution that is not easily found (if any). [END NEW RESPONSE - KG]


By the way, I am not an IT person, can't find anyone locally that knows what SBS 2003 even is. No joke.
Well, I know what SBS is. Contact me at iakov_qvaz@xxxxxxxxxxx for professional assistance.


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