Re: Accessing PCs that connect to SBS server 2003 via VPN

Router is set up to passthrough, SBS server should be endpoint.

"Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" wrote:

Are you using the router using as the endpoint for the VPN connection or is
the router set up for PPTP (VPN) passthrough so that the endpoint is the SBS
server?

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Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
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"BigMan" <BigMan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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We have dual nic + router configuration. The internal nic is on a
different
subnet from the external nic which is connected to the router. DHCP is
disabled on the router but active on the server.

"Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" wrote:

Let SBS handle the DHCP service for the LAN. If you have a "single NIC +
router" configuration and the router is the handling DHCP Service for the
LAN, turn off DHCP Service on the router, then re-run CEICW, enable the
firewall, select your services and then complete the rest of CEICW.
After
DHCP Service is set up, run the Remote Access Wizard (Server Management |
To
Do List | Configure Remote Access). This procedure will configure the
SBS
server to hand out dynamic IP addresses to your VPN users, in the same
subnet as your SBS server.

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Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
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"BigMan" <BigMan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I need to be able to connect to provide user assistance, not so much for
software installs. Whilst LogMeIn would work it would not be ideal.
As per Claus's suggestion I checked the subnet on VPN machines and they
are
on a different subnet to the office based machines. Could you tell me
how
to
resolve this so that they are all on the same subnet?

"Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" wrote:

While I think that installing "software' over a VPN connection may be
an
exercise in frustration due to the overhead and nature of a VPN, I
don't
see
how you will be able to "share" or gain access to their VPN session.
For
IT
administration, you usually need to take control of a computer and
then
do
the software installations/updates under an account with sufficient
local
admin privileges.

To that end, a different approach may be to install Logmein Free
Edition
(www.logmein.com) on the remote machine, then set up a special
(remote)
admin account with local administrator permissions on that remote
machine.
Then set up a time when the remote can give you access to the machine,
log
in and do the software installations. You could then establish a VPN
back
to the SBS server for software installations/updates.

The assumption here is that the remote machines are XP Pro or Vista
Business/Ultimate. I'm also assuming that the remote machines have
broadband Internet access. In addition, I assume that you don't need
to
update the actual user profile on the remote machine with your
installations/updates, where you would need to log in under their
account
credentials on the remote machine.

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Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
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"BigMan" <BigMan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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We have set up VPN access on our SBS 2003 box for our remote users
which
works fine. The problem I have is that, when they are connected I
cannot
ping
them or connect to them for admin purposes. (Install software etc)
Their
VPN
connection shows up in DCHP with RAS under the Unique ID column
instead
of
the remote PC mac code and the servername in the name column instead
of
the
device name.
Can anyone tell me how to resolve this?









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