VPN and Linksys

[Googy]

Can anyone tell me how to set up Linksys router for XP VPN Server
connections? Have opened up port 1723 to server, but no connections.

Thanks

 

[Marc Reynolds [MSFT]]

You also need to configure the Linksys to allow IP Protocol 47 (GRE).
Linksys config may call this "PPTP Pass Through".

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Thanks,
Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support

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[Googy]

Sooooo........ (On the "Host" machine)....Only port 1723.. No other ports?
And allowing PPTP Passthrough..

Another ??
On the firewall in front of the client machine..... I read somewhere on
MSFT knowledge base, I think, that all ports above like 1025 or something
have to be opened... Isn't that a heck of a lot of ports to be open???

 

[MS News groups]

I have setup a VPN and didn't op any ports on my XPp machine just enabled
ipsec, pptp, mtu, and multicast pass through in a UPNP Linksys router. Then
the connection can be made.

 

[Sooner Al]

As Marc noted, only TCP Port 1723 and "PPTP Pass Through" enabled (GRE Protocol 47) will do the
trick on a Linksys router for PPTP VPN. No other ports are required. What model Linksys? You might
check for firmware upgrades also...

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