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   Thank you, I didn't realize that the passthrough was outgoing only.   
      
      
   "Jason" <54235432@truedesign.org> wrote in message   
   news:40bec823$0$187$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...   
   > Yair Sageev wrote:   
   >   
   > > I'm having trouble getting a VPN to work with my router and win2k and am   
   > > wondering if somebody here can tell me what I am doing wrong.   
   > >   
   > > What I did:   
   > >   
   > > On the router, enabled port forwarding:   
   > >   
   > > Ipsec, port 500 to 500, TCP and UDP, to my machine's IP (192.168.1.88)   
   > > PPTP, port 1723 to 1723, TCP and UDP, to my machine's IP (192.168.1.88)   
   > > GRE, port 47 to 47, TCP and UDP, to my machine's IP (192.168.1.88)   
   >   
   > GRE is not port 47; it is IP protocol 47.  Generally these consumer   
   > router devices don't give you enough control to forward entire protocols   
   > like that.   You may be able to set your machine as the DMZ and get it   
   > to work, but i wouldn't be surprised if you just won't be able to accept   
   > incoming MS PPTP VPN connections.  The PPTP passthru that the router is   
   > referring to is meant to be outgoing (VPN client is behind the router on   
   > your LAN side, VPN server is out on the internet somewhere).   
   >   
      
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