VPN Solution

Dear All,

Can any one help me in following senario

My Network Setup

Firewall : forti gate

Switch : cisco 2950

Server : AX 400

Connection : ADSL - 512 Kbps

MY need is : i want to accesss AX 400 server from my home
can any one help me in this

solution tried : Port opened in firewall for pptp
rules created in the firewall

now i am not able to access from my home or employees home so please guide in this

Can i go for VPN solution for this


Regards

Naz....

Hi there,

I am not familiar with your firewall or server however i seem to remember that in order for allowing PPTP you need to not only allow the PPTP Port (TCP 1723) but you also need to enable GRE (Protocol ID 47).

This is the only thing i can suggest because most people don't realise the GRE is also needed for PPTP connection.

Regards

Hi,

Thanks but when i open pptp that time GRE also opened so please help me in this issue its very very urgent.

Thanks n Advance

Naz.

Sorry Naz but I am not familiar with the firewall technology you have. Maybe someone else in this forum has experience in this firewall and will be able to help you out.

Cheers

Hi there,

I am not familiar with your firewall or server however i seem to remember that in order for allowing PPTP you need to not only allow the PPTP Port (TCP 1723) but you also need to enable GRE (Protocol ID 47).

This is the only thing i can suggest because most people don't realise the GRE is also needed for PPTP connection.

Regards

hi smurf!

dont know why gre?? I think you need the other side to also set up gre for the tunnel to form, and to work!.


Try vpn remote access solution!. I also never worked with fortynet products, but I think they support it, simple need the vpn client access installed in each machine wishing to acces AX400.

Are you using the Fortigate as a PPTP server, or are you tunnelling to a PPTP server behind the firewall? This will make a big difference as to how to setup the Fortigate. By the way, the Fortigate will support both modes of operation.