Why am I unable to connect to my VPN server? Stops at “Verifying username and password”.
Configuration:
Windows 2003 server SP1
Domain controller, DNS, RAS
Two XP Pro SP2 laptop clients
Network:
SBC DSL five “sticky” IPs
D-Link 604 router. Has the modem wan static ip. VPN Passthrough enabled and PPTP port forwarded to internal IP of server on port 1723.
VPN setup:
two nics, one WAN/internet the other internal network for VPN client access.
range of IP addresses available for VPN clients.
I have successfully connected via VPN a couple of times but then, for apparently no reason, I am unable to connect.. stops on “Verifying username and password”. I have a test environment that has functioned flawlessly and have compared the two. The only difference I have noticed is the DHCP relay agent. The environment that fails, the internal interface shows relay mode as unknown and when looing under IP Routing->General, IP Address:Not available, Administrative Status:Unknown, Operational status:Non-operational. Just the oppisite on the working test environment where IP Address:shows range of IPs I assigned, Administrative Status:enbabled, Operational status:operational.
I have removed the internal interface and re-added it to no avail. I have also removed and re-insatlled RAS a couple of times.
Please let me know if this is the problem and how to fix it.
Matt
