Remote access to Windows 2000 via VPN

[J.P. Lacasse]

I have a small network of about 10 computers attached to a
Windows2000 server and a broadband connection to the
Internet via router/firewall.
I want to use my Windows2000 server as the VPN manager and
have remote users access their computer on the network
using pcAnywhere.
Can I set-up the Windows2000 server as the VPN gateway
through my broadband connection to the Internet? I also
need to go thru a router/firewall.

Doed anyone have any idea how to set that up?

Thank you for your assitance.

JP

 

[Doug Sherman [MVP]]

You can configure your Win2k Server as a VPN server - the RRAS wizard will
walk you through this. See:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308208

Most routers provide for VPN pass through or you can forward the necessary
ports to your server's IP address - see your router's documentation.
However, you do not need VPN in order to make a PCAnywhere connection. Just
configure the client to use the router's Internet IP and configure the
router to map the PCAnywhere port to the IP address of the host machine.

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP