I don't think anything would have worked, I think they had most of the ports 
shut off.

--- On Sat, 3/13/10, Virgil Bierschwale <[email protected]> wrote:

> From: Virgil Bierschwale <[email protected]>
> Subject: RE: [NF] Trust your instincts.  LOL
> To: "'ProFox Email List'" <[email protected]>
> Date: Saturday, March 13, 2010, 1:31 PM
> I'm not familiar with citrix in the
> way that ya'll use it, but I am very
> good at debugging foxpro errors running under citrix within
> the firewall.
> 
> It has been my experience that most it groups are not
> experts with stuff
> like this and they mainly just set it up and keep it
> running, but when
> exceptions happen they call in a contractor or the vendor.
> 
> 
> 
> Virgil Bierschwale
> http://www.VetsFIndingVets.org
> http://www.KeepAmericaAtWork.com
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf
> Of Michael Madigan
> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 12:29 PM
> To: ProFox Email List
> Subject: RE: [NF] Trust your instincts. LOL
> 
> In fairness, they were nice people.   The
> one guy walked me through the
> initial setting up of my VPN router.  They weren't the
> typical arrogant IT
> guys you sometimes meet, and they weren't implying that I
> was an idiot.  It
> was just frustrating, that's all.
> 
> 
> 
> --- On Fri, 3/12/10, Gilbert M. Hale <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Gilbert M. Hale <[email protected]>
> > Subject: RE: [NF] Trust your instincts.  LOL
> > To: [email protected]
> > Date: Friday, March 12, 2010, 8:23 PM
> > Being VPN experts those professionals
> > just burned off how many hours of your life?
> > 
> > Frustrating - an understatement.  Pingable port
> <> Citrix port...  
> > Jerks...
> > 
> > There, there, little boy, let the experts handle this
> for you.  All 
> > you have to do is...
> > 
> > Jerks.
> > 
> > Gil
> > 
> >  
> >  
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:profoxtech-
> > > [email protected]]
> > On Behalf Of Michael Madigan
> > > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 5:08 PM
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Subject: [NF] Trust your instincts. LOL
> > > 
> > > I just spent 4 hours trying to get a connection
> to a
> > Citrix server.   I
> > > kept asking the IT people on their end "Do I have
> an
> > open connection to
> > > the server or are you blocking some ports". 
> For
> > 4 hours they kept
> > > telling me, "IF you can ping it, everything
> should be
> > wide open".
> > > 
> > > So then I asked, "Do I have to open any ports on
> my
> > side".  And they
> > > said, "No".
> > > 
> > > Well it turns out the guy on their end who
> originally
> > set up the VPN
> > > never added a rule for our connection, so by
> default
> > it was blocking
> > > almost everything except probably the ping port.
> > > 
> > > Not being a VPN expert I just assumed I did
> something
> > wrong on my end
> > > and kept on checking firewalls, settings, etc.
> > > 
> > > Frustrating.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> [excessive quoting removed by server]
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