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by phil

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Have set up my small office network using a Linksys BEFSR81 router to share a DSL line
and act as VPN server. With support from Linksys
I configured port forwarding, etc and can ping the WAN IP (I use static IP's)from outside (DSL at home) just fine. I'm trying to use the W2K Pro VPN client to connect and have set it to connect to this WAN IP but I get an error 678 "There was no answer" What is supposed to be answering, the VPN server or the machine behind it? At this point I'm not sure if the router is still not configured right or the client or what. Anyone with direct experience here?

Thanks

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by cg it

Not quite enough information to provide an adequate answer but, first, does the network your trying to connect to run by server? If so, is it a W2K server? If so, is RRAS setup for VPN? The server answers when a client calls in via VPN and uses PPTP,L2TP for tunneling and data transfer via TCP\IP. [VPN uses TCP\IP and when you setup RRAS, it's with TCP\IP protocol].

Please provide some more detail as to what O/S the server is,and if W2K or NT how RRAS is setup for VPN.

by phil

Thanks so much for you answer. Yes, I am connecting to a W2K server and no I have not yet configured it for the RRAS for VPN. Perhaps you know a Q article or something with the steps on doing this.

by cg it

ok...ha! that's why you get a no answer when you try to call your server. RRAS has to be setup on the server to accept incoming VPN connections. Setting up RRAS on the W2K server is relatively easy. Log in as an Administrator. Go to start settings,control panel, administrative tools, Routing and remote access]. Click on Routing and remote access in the left pane. a Wizard will come up and you just follow the wizards instructions on enabling routing and remote access. It will create VPN connections that clients will use to connect to the server. As far as a Q article, [which are know issues and answers to an error code or workaround for know issues] all you have to do is go to Technet, type in Routing and remote access, choose Windows 2000 server platform and click go. there is a whole slew of help articles including installing and configuring remote access and not a Q article dealing with know issues.

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