> Basic problem - I want to allow remote logon to a Small Business
> Server 2000 installation running on Virtual Server 2005. Win XP Pro is
> the host OS.
>
> The host PC is connected to Internet via Linksys WAG200G Gateway/
> Router with fixed IP addresss and set up for VPN pass through.
>
> SBS 2000 can access internet in the current config.
>
> SBS 2000 and Host are all on same subnet
>
> I have successfully set up a VPN connection that functions from within
> the local (SOHO) network but when I try to make the connection from
> outside by attempting a connection via the fixed external IP address,
> it just times out with an "authenticating user and password " message.
> This sounds like a Gateway/Router issue to my unknowlegeable self but
> there are limited configuration options in the WAG200g and I believe I
> have slected the correct VPN pass through options.
>
> What are the configuration issues I need to address?
>
> I hope this is the appropriate forum for this naive question from a
> very NON guru person.
>
> Rgds
>
> Simon

> If you can connect from a LAN client the setup of the server must be
> OK.
>
> Are you using PPTP? Thr most common problem is the router (or
> something else in the path) blocking GRE. (SOHO routers use all sorts of
> names for this. It might be pptp pass-through or even VPN pass-through
> mode.) This will usually give you a 721 error on the client if it is a GRE
> problem..
>
> Have you forwarded pptp (TCP port 1723) from the router to the SBS
> server's LAN IP? You need that to extend the connection to the server on the
> LAN.
>
>