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In article <418194E1.63A8@earthlink.net>, mcp6453@earthlink.net says...
Leythos wrote:

In article <6o2dnawdCZdN-BzcRVn-sA@portbridge.com>, mcp6453
@earthlink.net says...
Leythos wrote:

I didn't confirm the above, I bought a D-Link DI-808HV unit and it
worked fine, heck, it can even act as a PPTP end-point if you want
it
too.


When a router is used as a PPTP end-point in a peer-to-peer network,
can
the remote computer access a host computer within the network? Once
the
remote computer validates and connects to the router, how does that
computer access another computer behind the router, if it can?

You are assigned an IP in the subnet of the LAN side of the router -
you
access anything you want in the LAN side subnet by IP.


I see. That makes a lot of sense. Can I use an XP machine to VPN into
the router, or must I have two routers?

The DI-804HV and DI-808HV can act as PPTP end-points, the Linksys units
do not act as PPTP end-points.

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Leythos wrote:

I see. That makes a lot of sense. Can I use an XP machine to VPN into
the router, or must I have two routers?

The DI-804HV and DI-808HV can act as PPTP end-points, the Linksys units
do not act as PPTP end-points.

Does that mean that an XP machine can initiate the tunnel, or do I have
to have TWO routers providing an endpoint at each end?

In article <418235EF.CDD@earthlink.net>, mcp6453@earthlink.net says...
Leythos wrote:

I see. That makes a lot of sense. Can I use an XP machine to VPN into
the router, or must I have two routers?

The DI-804HV and DI-808HV can act as PPTP end-points, the Linksys units
do not act as PPTP end-points.

Does that mean that an XP machine can initiate the tunnel, or do I have
to have TWO routers providing an endpoint at each end?

It means that you can connect to the router using Windows PPTP VPN.

If you were going to connect two VPN routers to each other, you would be
better off using IPSec tunnels configured in each router.

I just setup another Windows 2003 server and tried to get the Linksys
units (three of them) to pass PPTP/GRE inbound to the server so that I
could RAS into it and never got it to work. In fact, I spent 2 hours
with the MS Networking Support Team the other night, just to find that
the Linksys units don't pass GRE outbound.

I appreciate the information everyone has supplied and I was able to
extract some info. but could someone explain step by step how to set up
this vpn thru my linksys router? My router is linksys befsr41 and want
to vpn into my windows 2000 professional box.

Also - if I've multiple pc's on my network - how do I connect to each
pc thru vpn and select what pc i want to remote into using realvnc.
Please advise.

Thank You,

Dave

I appreciate the information everyone has supplied and I was able to
extract some info. but could someone explain step by step how to set up
this vpn thru my linksys router? My router is linksys befsr41 and want
to vpn into my windows 2000 professional box.

Also - if I've multiple pc's on my network - how do I connect to each
pc thru vpn and select what pc i want to remote into using realvnc.
Please advise.

Thank You,

Dave

"Leythos" <void@nowhere.org> wrote in message

The DI-804HV and DI-808HV can act as PPTP end-points, the Linksys units
do not act as PPTP end-points.


Thats funny, My BEFSX41 is a VPN end point.

On 27 Oct 2004, Leythos <void@nowhere.org> posted some
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I just setup another Windows 2003 server and tried to get the Linksys
units (three of them) to pass PPTP/GRE inbound to the server so that I
could RAS into it and never got it to work. In fact, I spent 2 hours
with the MS Networking Support Team the other night, just to find that
the Linksys units don't pass GRE outbound.


I run multiple VPN's between 2003 servers using BEFSR41 routers. They've
worked perfectly since day one with never a problem.

PPTP/GRE work fine with a BEFSR41. So do GRE and IPSEC tunnels between
Cisco routers behind BEFSR41's. Takes about a minute to set up a Linksys
'41 to do this.

In article <p-CdnShc8IlOGhncRVn-oA@comcast.com>,
captainkrunch@comcast.net says...

"Leythos" <void@nowhere.org> wrote in message

The DI-804HV and DI-808HV can act as PPTP end-points, the Linksys
units
do not act as PPTP end-points.


Thats funny, My BEFSX41 is a VPN end point.

Your BEFSX41 unit can do PPTP to the ISP (which is not the same thing),
but I don't see a PPTP setting under the VPN setting on the one I have
with the latest firmware.

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"Leythos" <void@nowhere.org> wrote in message
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In article <p-CdnShc8IlOGhncRVn-oA@comcast.com>,
captainkrunch@comcast.net says...

"Leythos" <void@nowhere.org> wrote in message

The DI-804HV and DI-808HV can act as PPTP end-points, the Linksys
units
do not act as PPTP end-points.


Thats funny, My BEFSX41 is a VPN end point.

Your BEFSX41 unit can do PPTP to the ISP (which is not the same thing),
but I don't see a PPTP setting under the VPN setting on the one I have
with the latest firmware.


that because a BEFSX doesnt do PPTP but is you look on the vpn page it DOES
do PFS and 3DES etc with encription to 1028 bit.

Hey I didn't realize I was going to start a long discussion here.. Alot
of usefull information.

I guess going back to my original question and looking thru the
previous posts here it is:

1. What ports do I need to turn on and forward on my router?
2. What else needs to be configured on my router?
3. I will be connecting remote from work using client(work) to
host(home) passing through my router. Using connection wizard on 2000
or xp os.

Simple instructions would be usefull. Remember this is my linksys
befsr41 router that I have to pass through to get into my pc at home.
Also, I've tried alot of different setups to get this working but
failure has been the end result. So if someone has there setup working
please email me instructions.

From looking at this I noticed that the authentication is MS Chap V2.
Is it possibly that the wrong protocol is being used to connect into

I've opened the following ports from my router: 47,50,500,1723 and
forwarding them to my static ip assigned pc I want to vpn to. Both
udp/tcp are selected.