Can't ping PPTP VPN client.

I am not sure what changed or how long ago it was since it worked.

I have a Windows Server 2003 RRAS setup. (I just put SP1 on to see if it would fix it)
Clients can VPN in with no problem and access shares, Exchange, etc.

I, on my LAN, can not ping the VPN clients.
I am positive that I used to be able to access them before.

Does anyone know of a setting or patch that addresses this?

It seems as though the RRAS service is either only returning replies back to the clients, or the Server is not responding to ARP
requests for the VPN clients.

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Steven

May you have the peace and freedom that come from abandoning all hope of having a better past.
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I think it is an XP SP2 issue.

I had another person connect in, and I could access their PC.
But I still couldn't connect to most VPN users.

I am assuming that their SP2 firewall is in Non-Domain mode before VPNing in.
The catch is that if I open up more access in their Non-Domain firewall settings, there is no point having the firewall at all.

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Steven

May you have the peace and freedom that come from abandoning all hope of having a better past.
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"BerkHolz, Steven" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I am not sure what changed or how long ago it was since it worked.
>
> I have a Windows Server 2003 RRAS setup. (I just put SP1 on to see if it would fix it)
> Clients can VPN in with no problem and access shares, Exchange, etc.
>
> I, on my LAN, can not ping the VPN clients.
> I am positive that I used to be able to access them before.
>
> Does anyone know of a setting or patch that addresses this?
>
> It seems as though the RRAS service is either only returning replies back to the clients, or the Server is not responding to ARP
> requests for the VPN clients.
>
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> --
> Steven
>
> May you have the peace and freedom that come from abandoning all hope of having a better past.
> --- - --- - - - - - - - -- - - - --- - ------ - - --- - - -- - - - -- - - -
>

I think it's something to do with SP2 as well.
We have a couple of laptops that are impossible to ping, even when they
are logged into the LAN on-site. In this case it is not the firewall, as
this is disabled.

We gave up trying to find a solution, as it wasn't business-critical to
ping them.

Regards,

Richard


BerkHolz, Steven wrote:
> I think it is an XP SP2 issue.
>
> I had another person connect in, and I could access their PC.
> But I still couldn't connect to most VPN users.
>
> I am assuming that their SP2 firewall is in Non-Domain mode before VPNing in.
> The catch is that if I open up more access in their Non-Domain firewall settings, there is no point having the firewall at all.
>