I need help with VPN on Server 2003

I am trying to do this for my aunt's small business. I don't even work there.
They have a cable router. Connected to it through a switch is their server
running Windows Server 2003. There are about 8 PC's also connected to the
switch. The public IP is ported TCP/CP 1723 by the router to the server's
internal IP. I have enabled the server role for the VPN. I setup a VPN
connection on a remote client. I can connect to the server, and I can use
Remote Desktop to control the server, but I can't see the shared folders on
the server. When I "ipconfig" I get an internal address to their network on
the remote machine, on the VPN connection.

Any ideas why I can't see the folders? I am using a local user account that
the folders are normally accessible to.

The Cable NAT Device is the one that should be doing the VPN. It will be
more dependable than trying to pass the "Tunnel" to the Server. Some of
those Cable NAT Devices aren't capable of passing the Tunnel like that
anyway,...of course some can't act as a VPN Server either.....

Doing a Static NAT on port 1723 is not all there is to it. There is also
Protocol-47 (that's protocol-47 not port-47) that has to be dealt with as
well. The feature is often called "VPN Pass-through".

--

Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com


"Doug" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1D0F601E-0D6E-4E1E-90C5-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am trying to do this for my aunt's small business. I don't even work
there.
> They have a cable router. Connected to it through a switch is their server
> running Windows Server 2003. There are about 8 PC's also connected to the
> switch. The public IP is ported TCP/CP 1723 by the router to the server's
> internal IP. I have enabled the server role for the VPN. I setup a VPN
> connection on a remote client. I can connect to the server, and I can use
> Remote Desktop to control the server, but I can't see the shared folders
on
> the server. When I "ipconfig" I get an internal address to their network
on
> the remote machine, on the VPN connection.
>
> Any ideas why I can't see the folders? I am using a local user account
that
> the folders are normally accessible to.

Should I enable NAT on the Server? Here's the deal: I didn't setup the server
initially. It is just a fileserver for Quickbooks and some document folders.
The person who did isn't available. The DHCP addresses for the other network
PC's and the server (the only static IP) are defined by the cable router. I
did request the router be set for Protocol 47. Time Warner won't let me
configure the router myself, I have to request changes to it through them.

I have just about had it, but I promised them I would get it to work.

Should I let the server assign the IP addresses? I don't want to screw up
the part of the system that IS working.

Thanks for your help!

"Phillip Windell" wrote:

> The Cable NAT Device is the one that should be doing the VPN. It will be
> more dependable than trying to pass the "Tunnel" to the Server. Some of
> those Cable NAT Devices aren't capable of passing the Tunnel like that
> anyway,...of course some can't act as a VPN Server either.....
>
> Doing a Static NAT on port 1723 is not all there is to it. There is also
> Protocol-47 (that's protocol-47 not port-47) that has to be dealt with as
> well. The feature is often called "VPN Pass-through".
>
> --
>
> Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
> www.wandtv.com
>
>
> "Doug" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:1D0F601E-0D6E-4E1E-90C5-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I am trying to do this for my aunt's small business. I don't even work
> there.
> > They have a cable router. Connected to it through a switch is their server
> > running Windows Server 2003. There are about 8 PC's also connected to the
> > switch. The public IP is ported TCP/CP 1723 by the router to the server's
> > internal IP. I have enabled the server role for the VPN. I setup a VPN
> > connection on a remote client. I can connect to the server, and I can use
> > Remote Desktop to control the server, but I can't see the shared folders
> on
> > the server. When I "ipconfig" I get an internal address to their network
> on
> > the remote machine, on the VPN connection.
> >
> > Any ideas why I can't see the folders? I am using a local user account
> that
> > the folders are normally accessible to.
>
>
>