[pptp-server] VPN problem

John Heyer john at snake.supranet.net
Fri Aug 24 09:36:17 CDT 2001


If your ISP assigns non-routable addresses, you can't run any type of
server, including VPN.  In order to set a PPTP server working behind a
firewall, you will have to open port 1723 (tcp) and make sure it can pass
the GRE protocol.  

On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, Tom Hallberg wrote:

> Hi
> is it possible to run a pptpd on a freebsd server that doesnt have a ISP FW 
> and than I have a computer thats behind an ISP FW and all ports are closed 
> so no one can connect to me.. and run an pptp client and connect to that 
> server and make an VPN ?
> 
> My computer                ISP FW        My internet 
> IP             serverwithout ISP FW
> 
> 10.252.1.182 
> ->                                   193.*.*.*                      213.*.*.*
> 
> 
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