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

[RESPONSE] So let me get this straight...I go into "Routing and Remote
Access" go to "NAT/Basic Firewall", right click on the NIC involved with
PPTP, click on "Services and Ports." Right now I do not see GRE, therefore I
have added GRE with a protocol of 47. Now that I have done that, pptpsrv
does not work. Can you be a little more clearer.[END RESPONSE]

"Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks" wrote:

CEICW is how you set the firewall.

If you need to add more ports you go down into the RRAS setting, pick
the outside nic and add port exclusions there.

http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness
See if there are SBSC's in your area

KG wrote:
[NEWER RESPONSE - KG] Okay I re-ran ICW with Windows Firewall disabled
(within ICW) and performed Configure Remote Access and now I am blazing into
a connection no problemo. Now how can I configure the firewall within
ICW?[END RESPONSE - KG]

"KG" wrote:

[NEW RESPONSE] Okay then...so first disable Windows Firewall/ICS then
proceed to re-run ICW, but this time disable Firewall and redo remote access
to make sure I get a good snap-in connection and see what goes on?!? In the
process now of making those changes. No I do not have a hardware firewall.
I have dual nic and an motherboard supplied nic. My domain for email, remote
access, etc. goes through one of the dual ports on the nic card to the
internet using one of my static ips. The other port on the nic card goes to
a linksys router to handle DHCP of in the internal network. (if I said that
correctly) The linksys is also connected to the internet but has a different
static ip associated with that. At one time I did look up on Microsoft
website and got ZERO hits for private consultants. Luckily, most of my
issues have been handled by the awesome staff at Dell Small Business. They
absolutely rock, but for some reason, even this stumps them...They have even
checked the white papers and other Microsoft Chat Rooms (aside from this) and
it appears to be a common problem. [END RESPONSE - KG]

"Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks" wrote:

Nope diff firewall.

Do you also have a hardware firewall/one nic setup?

I think Merv is Missouri? I forget.

Have you also checked out the SBSC web site at Microsoft?


KG wrote:
[NEW RESPONSE - KG] Missouri. Central Missouri. It used to be running but
now it isn't but just recently I turned it from Disabled to Automatic and
tried to start the service, it says the following "Error 170: The requested
resource is in use." Yes I have ran the ICW and recently I might add just to
"clear" the cob webs so to speak. That firewall is enabled and I thought
that was the Firewall/ICS that I was enabling in ICW.

"Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks" wrote:

Central US is pretty big. What state? We have SBSers all over the place.

The windows firewall ICS shouldn't even be running. Did you run the
Connect to Internet wizard?


KG wrote:
[NEW RESPONSE - KG] I am located Central, US. I am using SBS2003 Firewall.
I have disabled Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing to see if that
would do anything. I do have Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition but it does
not have any internet protection services associated with it with the
exception of Exchange protection. [END RESPONSE - KG]

"Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks" wrote:

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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