Hm, firewall is disabled and as far as I can tell, there're no packet
filters active.
Guess my wireless VPN experiments will become something like a new hobby
here ;-)
But thanks very much for your input, Bill!
At least I know now that it _is_ possible to set this connection up.
Regards,
Marc.
"Bill Grant" <bill_grant at bigpond dot com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Check that there are no packet filters set on the WLan interface of
the
> server. Also check you do not have the personal firewall active on the
> client.
>
> "Marc Bieber" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:bqrhd6$euj$00$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Thanks Bill!
> >
> > That raises my hopes, sounds simple indeed.
> >
> > Yet somehow the connection here just can't be established. It seems like
> the
> > VPN server is not responding to the "dial-in".
> >
> > What I did so far is:
> >
> > 1. Before setting up VPN I used to have the server's LAN card and it's
> WLAN
> > USB adapter bridged together, so the notebook could access the internet
> via
> > the server's LAN card by WLAN. Now, to set up VPN I removed the WLAN
> adapter
> > from this bridge.
> >
> > 2. On the server I added the remote access server role:
> >
> > 3. In the add-role-wizard I selected the option "remote access server
> (VPN)"
> > without NAT etc.
> >
> > 4. As "connection to the internet" I selected the WLAN connection.
> >
> > 5. Still in the wizard, I defined a fixed IP pool, not DHCP for the VPN
> > server.
> >
> > 6. Then on the notebook I created a VPN dial up connection to the
server's
> > WLAN IP and edited the logon info and the authentication method.
> >
> > Well, but when I try to connect with this dial up, after waiting some
> while
> > I always get an error "VPN server is not responding". Using Netmon I see
> > that there is traffic between the machines. It just seems the server
does
> > not really pass back any data to the requesting client, as if a firewall
> was
> > active or something.
> >
> > Any clues what might cause this?
> >
> > Any suggestion is very much appreciated!
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Marc.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Bill Grant" <bill_grant at bigpond dot com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> > news:eQPR$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > VPN will work over any IP connection. I can assure you that you can
> > make
> > > a VPN connection to a server (or workstation) across an ad hoc Wlan
> > > connection. I have done it.
> > >
> > > Simply configure your server as a remote access server. This sets
up
> > the
> > > WAN miniports for VPN. Then set up the client machine as a VPN client
> and
> > > connect to the server's Wlan IP address.
> > >
> > > "Marc Bieber" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > news:Oc6#(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I'm looking for help on how to set up a VPN-server with Windows
Server
> > > > 2003
> > > > and how I could setup and use this for a WLan connection to that
> server.
> > > >
> > > > Basically what I want to do is increase WLan security.
> > > >
> > > > As far as I understand, I could achieve this if I used VPN to access
> the
> > > > server via WLan. So I thought I'd set up a VPN-server with
Server2003
> > > > and then use a VPN connection to access that LAN-server via WLan
with
> an
> > > > XP Home Centrino notebook.
> > > > If possible, I'd like to do this without an access point, i.e. by
> using
> > > > an ad hoc WLan connection between server and notebook (I've got an
USB
> > > > WLan adapter plugged into the server machine right now).
> > > >
> > > > So, any good internet ressources on VPN and WLan I could look at?
> > > > Or does somebody even have a little How-To at hand?
> > > >
> > > > And, most of all, does anybody know, whether such a setup for _ad
hoc_
> > > > WLan is possible at all?
> > > >
> > > > Any help/suggestion/URL is greatly appreciated!
> > > >
> > > > TIA!!!
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Marc Bieber
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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