You have the right to call them and figure out what they are doing. It's your solution. Call the ISP and ask them what they are doing for that connection.
-----Original Message----- From: Michael W. Ellis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 8:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VPN question Part of the problem is that I have no idea of their configuration. Most of my remote users work out of home offices and use dialup for Internet. This particular user is in an office building where Internet connectivity is provided, but I do not have any details on their architecture. The user is not network savvy enough to figure out any of the details. My real question concerns their insistence that he must have a static IP address and that they need to open _inbound_ ports to allow him to establish an _outbound_ connection to my corporate LAN. Michael Ellis -----Original Message----- From: David James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 8:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VPN question Sounds fishy to me. What kind of internet access, and what is the configuration for the remote users internet connection? Dynamic DSL? They shouldn't have anything to do with ports unless they are firewalling you on their end, or they are managing your firewall if you have a firewall onsite. -----Original Message----- From: Michael W. Ellis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 8:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: VPN question I have a remote user who needs to connect to our corporate LAN over his Internet connection. The corporate end of the connection has already been verified by another user in a different remote office. Thus far the new user has been unable to connect, and as far as I can tell none of his packets reach my server. His office has Internet connectivity provided by a third party, so I asked him to verify with them that they will allow outbound PPTP connections. Their response was that they do not for security reasons. To enable this for his office they want to assign a static IP address (more $ per month) and charge a setup fee (again, more $). I have repeatedly stated that he needs to establish an outbound connection, but they insist that they must open inbound ports (hence the static IP). I'm no firewall expert, nor a PPTP expert, but I'm just not buying their line. Any comments on this topic are appreciated. Michael Ellis Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/ Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/ Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/ Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/
