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Can RRAS be configured for a VPN conecton? We have a couple useres that want
a VPN connection, but I thought a VPN had to be configured through a
firewall. We don't have a firewall, we have a router. If this is possible
are there any source that detail how to setit up?

Thanks.
 
It is certainly possible, but it really depends on your router and what
options it gives you.

Enabling RRAS as a remote access server sets up all that you need on
the server itself. Whether you can connect from a remote machine across the
Internet depends on whether you can forward the VPN port from the router to
the server's LAN IP. For PPTP this is tcp port 1723. The other essential is
that the router does not block the encrypted and encapsulated data. For a
PPTP connection, this means allowing GRE (IP protocol 47).

If tcp port 1723 iis forwarded to the server and GRE is not blocked, a
remote client should be able to connect to the router's public interface.
The VPN connection will be extended to the server on the LAN (ie the tunnel
will exist between the client and the server).
 
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