Re: Connecting to office Terminal Server from behind home Linksys router

From: Don Kelloway (dkelloway_at_commodon.com)
Date: 08/18/04 

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 16:56:12 GMT

"Steve Thomas" <steventhomas42@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:811942d0.0408180517.7a7e4b37@posting.google.com...
> Brad <bkaral1@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:<9c5sh05o8b4nnhr8ik56gciei73icsoq6l@4ax.com>...
>> The Cisco VPN client uses IPSEC, not pptp, so no point in forwarding
>> pptp. Remote Desktop is really designed for remote administration of
>> desktops, not servers. I'm a bit confused. Wouldn't you want to use
>> the TS client software, which is designed for remote control of
>> servers. Did you try opening port 3389 for RDP protocol?
>
> I have some other coustomers that I use the normal vpn connectivity
> for, so PPTP is enabled for them. Remote Desktop Connection is the TS
> client for Windows XP. MS doesn't offer the old TS client anymore.
> Port 3389 has been opened.
>

Not to pick a nit, but for the purpose of clarity. A VPN is a 'Virtual
Private Network' and is based upon using IPSEC which requires the use of
protocols 50, 51, UDP port 500, etc. A PPTP is a 'Point-to-Point Tunnel'
and is not IPSEC based. Instead it uses protocol 47 and TCP port 1723.

But if you are attempting to use Cisco's VPN client you are using an IPSEC
VPN, not PPTP. 

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