XPost: comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc   
   From: day_trippr@REMOVEyahoo.com   
      
   On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 02:03:23 GMT, Gerald Meazell  wrote:   
      
   >daytripper wrote:   
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   >>   
   >>   
   >>Forward in-bound port 1723 through your router to the ip address of the VPN   
   >>server on your LAN and you're in the virtual private network business...   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >OK, I did all that but it doesn't work.  The problem is in the router   
   >setup because I configured another machine on the network to access the   
   >VPN server using the server's static IP and it worked fine.  However,   
   >when I configure the connection to use the host name from no-ip.com, it   
   >hangs on the part where it is verifying the user name and password.  It   
   >comes back with a message that the server did not respond.   
   >   
   >In the Linksys BEFSR41 setup, I enabled PPTP passthrough and IPSec   
   >passthru and forwarded both 1723 and 1701 to the VPN server.   
   >   
   >Can you think of anything else I'm missing?   
      
   Are you trying to access the vpn server using the external address for your   
   modem - from a client on the LAN side of your router?   
      
   I don't think that will work.   
      
   /daytripper   
      
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