SBS 2000 VPN Setup

R11wee

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May 9, 2007, 9:21:01 AM5/9/07

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Hi,

Could anybody please guide me to how to setup VPN on SBS server 2000? I have
followed few web sites but still I could manage to do it.

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Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]

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May 9, 2007, 10:58:40 AM5/9/07

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(PPTP) VPN connections through ISA 2000...

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Configure RRAS to hand out dynamic IPs to the connecting VPN clients ...

If you have a router, make sure you forward port 1723 and GRE Protocol 47 to
the external NIC in your SBS 2000 server. GRE Protocol 47 is sometimes
called "Enable VPN" or VPN Passthrough" in the router settings.

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May 9, 2007, 11:46:02 AM5/9/07

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Hi Porter,

Thank you for replying. I have manage to do the first two steps. but could
not do the ruter port set up. Please advise how to change the port settings.

Thanks Ruwee

Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]

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May 9, 2007, 1:54:21 PM5/9/07

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What make and model of router do you have?

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May 9, 2007, 3:51:01 PM5/9/07

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Hi,
The make is BT 2 Wire 2700HGV Model,

Also I am not sure about what IP address and how to set it up on external NIC.

Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]

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May 9, 2007, 4:15:47 PM5/9/07

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Here's how to set up your SBS 2000 network... (2 NICS + router + dyanmic IP
address from your ISP)

The default address range for an SBS 2000 install for the internal NIC is
192.168.16.x. The router has a public (WAN) and a private (LAN) side. The
public side picks up an address from your ISP. The private side of your
router defaults to 192.168.1.254. So, your external NIC should be given a
static IP address in the 192.168.1.x range (something like 192.168.1.2) with
a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 and a Gateway of 192.168.1.254 (the router IP
address). For the DNS entry on the external NIC, use the IP address of the
SBS server (which again is 192.168.16.2 by default).

For SBS 2000, follow the text below the diagram in the link below to make
sure your server is configured properly...

Two Nics, a dynamic IP address, ISA and a router
http://www.smallbizserver.net/Articles/tabid/266/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/74/Two-Nics-a-dynamic-IP-address-ISA-and-a-router.aspx

Then, the following link should show you how to set up your 2Wire router for
(PPTP) VPN...

Port Forwarding for the 2wire 2700HG-V2
http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/2wire/2700HG-V2/Point-to-Point_Tunneling_Protocol.htm

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May 10, 2007, 7:59:02 AM5/10/07

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Hi,

I set everthing but not sure about GRE Protocol 47. if you can please help
me how to set it.

Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]

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May 10, 2007, 8:46:56 AM5/10/07

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Not sure since I don't use this make of router, but I believe when you set
up the Profile Name on the Edit Applications, you need to select the
"Application Type" at the bottom of that screen and specify "PPTP Virutal
Private Network Server". (at least it appears this way from a quick search
of the 2700HG manual). I suspect this sets up GRE Protocl 47 for the router
and tags it to your Profile Name.

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May 10, 2007, 9:41:03 AM5/10/07

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Hi,

I have manage to conect to the server via VPN from out side PC, but I cannot
see any thing or files of the server even It says it is connected.

Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]

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May 10, 2007, 3:04:58 PM5/10/07

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You may need to map a share on the server to a drive letter on the remote
PC...

Browsing Over VPN Issues
http://www.chicagotech.net/vpnbrowsingissues.htm

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May 11, 2007, 7:07:00 AM5/11/07

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Hi,

I tried it but it is not clear. Anyway now I can ping to the server also I
can log on to the printers but still cannot see any files in the server. Do i
have web shear the file?

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May 11, 2007, 7:18:31 AM5/11/07

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From your remote PC, can you use the "net use" command to map a share on the

server to a drive letter on the remote

PC? From a command prompt,:

net use s: \\serverip\sharename

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May 11, 2007, 7:34:06 AM5/11/07

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If you need to use My Network Places to browse the computers on the SBS
network, you'll need to put the remote PC into a workgroup with the same
name as the SBS LAN and configure the remote PC with a primary DNS suffix so
that it can resolve unqualified internal network host names via DNS queries.

Configuring VPN Clients to Support Network Browsing
(see the section titled "When the VPN Client Does Not Belong to the Internal
Network Domain", about 2/3 of the way down the page)
http://www.tacteam.net/isaserverorg/vpnkitbeta2/vpnclientbrowsing.htm

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R11wee

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May 21, 2007, 5:48:01 AM5/21/07

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Hi Merv Porter,

Thanks, everthing works now.
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