What Ports should I open

[PalmIdiot]

I am setting up a VPN using W2K, however I have a firewall that is blocking most ports. What ports do I have to pen to allow a PPTP tunnel through on my firewall. I know the VPN is etup correctly, because it work insdie the firewall. Any ideas?

 

[FilthPig]

PPTP uses port 1723. If you open that and it still doesn't work, you may have to specify that it's a VPN pass through depending on your firewall. PPTP uses IP protocol 47, also knows as GRE (generic routing encapsulation) rather than TCP or UDP. We had a bit of a tough time with it on our firewall. Marc Creviere

 

[MattWray]

Marc, I have a VPN causing me trouble. It allows dial-up clients to connect and browse, but no broadband clients. Do you have any idea what could cause this? Matt Wray
CCNA, MCP
mwray77518@yahoo.com

 

[MattWray]

Never mind Marc. I figured it out. Turns out my cable provider is apparently blocking port 1723. Now to fight it out with them. Matt Wray
CCNA, MCP
mwray77518@yahoo.com