On Saturday 09 November 2002 6:21 am, Jonathan wrote: > Hi all > > Could some help me with this or point me in the right direction. > > I have a few microsoft machine in side my linux firewall and I need to use > microsoft VPN to connect to a microsoft machine on the internet > when I double click on the icon is says " Connecting to ???.???.???.???" > and then says "Verifing Usernamd & Password" and then times out. If I dial > into the net and bypass the firewall I can connect. Are you using NAT, and is the VPN system using PPTP (I think this is common with M$ things...) ? If the answer to both of these is yes, then I think you need to investigate the PPTP connection tracking module patch for netfilter, because otherwise this protocol gets upset by the address translation. Sorry to be a bit vague about this, but I don't use PPTP or M$ VPNs - I am simply reporting on stuff I have seen on this mailing list in the past from other people apparently trying to do the same thing. If anyone knows that M$ VPNs can be made to work without doing this, please jump in and help... Antony. -- Normal people think "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". Engineers think "if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet".
