From: mvmishler@nospam---yahoo.com   
      
   Actually most of this was already done, including the culprit, step #2:   
      
   > 2. Reset the Linksys and update it to the latest firmware.   
      
   The latest firmware for hardware version 1.0 BEFVP41 causes PPTP traffic to   
   cease.  I  had to actually obtain and downgrade my firmware version to the   
   second-to-the-last version.  After that it worked great.   
      
   I can understand your troubleshooting diagram, and it is good but you should   
   be careful in providing technical information (and it is appreciated) to the   
   public, because I would have gone out spending money taking your advice and   
   it wouldn't have helped.   
      
   Bottom line in the matter is that Linksys is a sorry company, with even   
   sorrier tech support as they have not helped me a bit.  Some very helpful   
   gentlemen took the time to email me what he did to fix it and it worked   
   great.   
      
   Thanks   
      
   ~Michael   
      
      
   >   
   > Take it in stages.   
   > 1. Connect the PC directly to the internet (take out the Linksys) and make   
   > sure the VPN works. If it doesn't fix that first.   
   > 2. Reset the Linksys and update it to the latest firmware.   
   > 3. Connect the PC to the Linksys and ping the server. Personally I'd never   
   > put a server of any kind directly on the internet, most real firewalls can   
   > be VPN servers as well.   
   > 4. Try the VPN connection, if it works great if not go to step 5   
   > 5. Change the internal subnet of the Linksys. You will have to renew the   
   > address or reboot the PC (I've assumed you are using DHCP on the Linksys).   
   > 6. Try the VPN again, it should work. If not, and it worked in step 1 then   
   > I'd say you have a bad Linksys.   
   >   
   > Like I said I've got a half dozen of these in use and have yet to change   
   > anything more then the password.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > "Michael Mishler"  wrote in message   
   > news:Mj3Qb.104350$5V2.440470@attbi_s53...   
   > > Just running this by the NG for suggestions:   
   > >   
   > > I have a Windows 2000 Server SP4, with a VPN server running on it.   
   > >   
   > > Recently I replaced my Netgear RT314 router with a Linsksy BEFVP41 VPN   
   > > router   
   > >   
   > > I'm trying to remotely connect to my VPN server but cannot through my   
   > > BEFVP41 router.   
   > >   
   > > I've forwarded port 1723 and allowed PPTP passthrough, but stops at the   
   > part   
   > > where it authenticates the username and password and gives an error   
   > message   
   > > 620 or something like that.   
   > >   
   > > Linksys website suggested a couple of things like forwarding port 47,   
   and   
   > > 440-443 but they didn't work.   
   > >   
   > > I've tried DMZ, and nothing seems to work.   
   > >   
   > > Has anyone gotten the BEFVP41 firmware 1.41.1 to pass PPTP?   
   > >   
   > > thanks for your suggestions   
   > >   
   > >   
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