Trying to setup a basic VPN server

Hello,

I need to connect to my PC at work (running Windows Server 2003)
via a VPN connection. I'm having difficulty setting up a basic
VPN server. Trying to accomplish the same feat on a Windows XP
system is pretty straightforward: just step through the New
Connection wizard in "Network Connections". I've done this on
my home PC (running XP) and I can easily access it from work.
However, when I go through the wizard on the Server 2003 system
I can't connect from home.

Is there a way to setup a simple VPN server on Windows Server
2003 without having to go through Routing and Remote Service?
(Similar to Windows XP.)

Thank you for any help.

- Mike

You can setup the VPN in W2K3 in a similar way as in XP. However, if you use
incoming connections you will be able to make just one client connection of
each type.
So, using RRAS you can configure a better server which can accept many
client connections. See if these links help. Let me know what specific
issues you have.
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...Nchecklist.asp

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"Mike H" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello,
>
> I need to connect to my PC at work (running Windows Server 2003)
> via a VPN connection. I'm having difficulty setting up a basic
> VPN server. Trying to accomplish the same feat on a Windows XP
> system is pretty straightforward: just step through the New
> Connection wizard in "Network Connections". I've done this on
> my home PC (running XP) and I can easily access it from work.
> However, when I go through the wizard on the Server 2003 system
> I can't connect from home.
>
> Is there a way to setup a simple VPN server on Windows Server
> 2003 without having to go through Routing and Remote Service?
> (Similar to Windows XP.)
>
> Thank you for any help.
>
> - Mike

You'd better use RRAS, it isn't that hard and it works fine.

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Remote Access/VPN Server Role
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...r/default.mspx

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


"Mike H" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello,
>
> I need to connect to my PC at work (running Windows Server 2003)
> via a VPN connection. I'm having difficulty setting up a basic
> VPN server. Trying to accomplish the same feat on a Windows XP
> system is pretty straightforward: just step through the New
> Connection wizard in "Network Connections". I've done this on
> my home PC (running XP) and I can easily access it from work.
> However, when I go through the wizard on the Server 2003 system
> I can't connect from home.
>
> Is there a way to setup a simple VPN server on Windows Server
> 2003 without having to go through Routing and Remote Service?
> (Similar to Windows XP.)
>
> Thank you for any help.
>
> - Mike