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tgray96

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So i setup a VPN connection on my '03 server>via----- Add Features - Remote Access and Routing> Custom> VPN Access.
And i am trying to connect via a windows vista laptop, trying both with and without domain and get this result: Verifying Username and Password: and then i get a failed attempt. HELP!
 
What choice did you make for the IP assignment part?
Are VPN clients coming in from the internet? If so, through a router doing NAT? If so, did you forward port 1723, and also allow IP type 47 (GRE)?
 
yeah they will be coming in from the internet, got the 1723 part, but with the IP type 47 (GRE) i'm lost. Please slow down :) i am a n00b!
 
tgray96 said:
yeah they will be coming in from the internet, got the 1723 part, but with the IP type 47 (GRE) i'm lost. Please slow down :) i am a n00b!
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What kind of router do you have. Most have PPTP passthrough mode which will forward both. GRE is needed by PPTP to pass credentials, also known as Protocol 47.

I would run wireshark on your server and filter it for gre to see if you have any traffice, if not, that is a good indication of where your problem is
 
I didn't see an answer to which choice you took for IP assignment during the setup wizard. Pull from a pool that you pre-define? If so, what did you give? Or...pull from DHCP (that's the one I used to use).

As some mentioned above...GRE passthrough on NAT routers varies by how it's worded. Technically it's telling the router to pass IP type 47 without being molested by NAT. VPN traffic isn't NAT friendly..it prefers to bypass NAT. The verbiage used in different routers varies, but on consumer grade routers it's usually in the web admin somewhere labeled with something like "PPTP passthrough" along with checkboxes for IPSec passthrough and/or L2TP passthrough. And when you see "47" in the IP type 47 that does not mean "port 47". All you need for port forwarding on PPTP VPN is 1723.
 
I am having this exact issue! I can connect to my server 2003 vpn on the LAN but if I try to use the external IP or dns name it says wrong username and password. The password and username is the same from the one I use on the LAN. I have the port forwarded in my routers settings along with the pptp passthrough checked. I have been trying to get this for almost two weeks.
 
figured it out, @Dennelly, Have you enabled remote access/Dial-IN for the user your trying to login as?
 
Yes like I said I can connect locally but nothing external. I've tried using dns name/IP but it just comes up with wrong pass/username
 
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