I have been trying to set up a VPN connection to our SBS2k3 server from
Vista Business pc. At first I was getting error 741 and found KB929857 which
refers to this error. I used method 2.

Now when I try to connect I either get error 800 or " 'server' is not set up
to accept a connection to port 'pptp' from this computer"
No errors are logged in applics or system logs at either end.
VPN connections from my XPpro box work fine so the second error is false.

Can anyone help?

(crosspost to both microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing and
microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)

hi Alan C,

I had this same problem w while ago well it was the authinication
problem. You can check on your VPN properties, go to the security tab in
that select the Advance radio button. then select settings under allow
thses protocols tick all of them. and say yes.
this should allow you to connect to the VPN server. if it fails please
provide more infromation about ur sbs server.
note :- by doing the above ur security will be lessened. so make sure
you got the right authintication protocol configured


Hope this helps ..
Cheers !!


--
john_cena

-Shihan Sylvester Pietersz-
-(MCP,MCSA,MCSE+Security,MCSE+Messeging-
-MCTS,MCITP)-
-Systems -::-Engineer / Consultant Trainer- ::

I've tried that, (and all the other options) with no success. Interestingly
since trying ms chap v2 only, I'm now just getting error 800.

I've also checked the RAS config on the server and all encryption levels are
accepted.

As there are no KB hits for VPN error 800 on Vista, I'm going demented
trying to get it to work.

"john_cena" wrote in message
...

hi Alan C,

I had this same problem w while ago well it was the authinication
problem. You can check on your VPN properties, go to the security tab in
that select the Advance radio button. then select settings under allow
thses protocols tick all of them. and say yes.
this should allow you to connect to the VPN server. if it fails please
provide more infromation about ur sbs server.
note :- by doing the above ur security will be lessened. so make sure
you got the right authintication protocol configured


Hope this helps ..
Cheers !!


--
john_cena

-Shihan Sylvester Pietersz-
-(MCP,MCSA,MCSE+Security,MCSE+Messeging-
-MCTS,MCITP)-
-Systems -::-Engineer / Consultant Trainer- ::

HI Alan C,

what are you connecting internet through. if your connecting internet
through a router make sure L2TP traffic can passthrough. Also on your
windows Vista firewall make a rule to allow vpn traffic to passthrough.
that if your using windows Firwall. if your usinga 3rd party firewall
make sure you configure that as well. Did you try connecting with
another OS.

Hope this Helps

Cheers !!


--
john_cena

-Shihan Sylvester Pietersz-
-(MCP,MCSA,MCSE+Security,MCSE+Messeging-
-MCTS,MCITP)-
-Systems -::-Engineer / Consultant Trainer- ::

I am connection through a broadband router that also has my XPpro box, which
works fine. (as noted on original post.

"john_cena" wrote in message
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HI Alan C,

what are you connecting internet through. if your connecting internet
through a router make sure L2TP traffic can passthrough. Also on your
windows Vista firewall make a rule to allow vpn traffic to passthrough.
that if your using windows Firwall. if your usinga 3rd party firewall
make sure you configure that as well. Did you try connecting with
another OS.

Hope this Helps

Cheers !!


--
john_cena

-Shihan Sylvester Pietersz-
-(MCP,MCSA,MCSE+Security,MCSE+Messeging-
-MCTS,MCITP)-
-Systems -::-Engineer / Consultant Trainer- ::

Hi
Are you using the correct VPN server name? The server administrator
provides this name.
Is the Internet / network connection to the server functioning
properly? You should '_ping_'
(http://compnetworking.about.com/libr...bldef-ping.htm) the
server if not sure.
Is your '_network_firewall_'
(http://compnetworking.about.com/od/f...f_firewall.htm)
blocking VPN connections? Port 1723 must be opened and Protocol 47 must
be enabled in the firewall configuration settings
Does the server have too many clients already connected (VPN server
connection limit exceeded)? The server administrator can check this, but
it is not a common problem

Also make sure PPTP is enabled on your VPN Connection. and router.



One thing I can tell you about Vista - if you're using OneCare, the
OneCare
firewall blocks outbound VPN by default. You need to enable it in the
advanced settings. I'm not sure about the built-in Vista firewall -
that
may be the case with that one as well.


also are you running microsoft virtual PC 2007, if so uninstall it and
then try becasue vp2007 sometimes cause problems with PPTP

Hope this helps

Cheers !!


--
john_cena

-Shihan Sylvester Pietersz-
-(MCP,MCSA,MCSE+Security,MCSE+Messeging-
-MCTS,MCITP)-
-Systems -::-Engineer / Consultant Trainer- ::