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by roman_empire

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I have a PPTP VPN tunnel set between two NT4 SP6a machines. There is SERVER1 a dual-homed RAS server (it is also a printer server) on Network1. There is SERVER2 a dial-up PPTP client on NETWORK2.

1. My VPN tunnel connections always time out in15 minutes of innactivity but I need it to stay alive all the time regardless on activities on the line.

2. SERVER2 can print to all printers on SERVER1 but all other machines on NETWORK2 do not see the printers defined on SERVER2. Even though Ican ping and tracert SERVER1 from all machines on NETWORK2.

3.How can I direct the network traffic from NETWORK2 to SERVER1 into the PPTP tunnel on SERVER2?

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by calves

You probably want to learn more about Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS), free product from Microsoft that replaces the RAS Service on NT Server and adds Routing capability into it.
With the router, if you're using the same subnet mask, your clients will be able to browse the network.
I use to do that kind of setup 4 times per year, for the company I use to work for had us build "networks on the run", where we put a BDC server dialing to an ISP (Multilink)and VPN into the network in DC;and using RRAS and Proxy, 40 users could access Internet and the Network through this setup between the remote BDC and the network in DC.
I keep a Web site with some valuable info on RRAs and VPN @
www.softsolutionsconsult.com - Network
(The siteis having some trouble today, all day).

Good Luck!

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