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VPN over Airport
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: May 2002
Location: tampa, fl
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Hey everybody, I need some help. I have been logging in to my companies windows VPN over fixed ethernet through my DSL and it has been working like a charm. Thank you Apple putting this in 10.2 so I didn't have to buy another computer. Anyway, I now have an Airport which works great, except I cannot get the VPN connection to work through the Airport. I can still bring up the VPN window with the same settings but it won't connect. It still works if I go back into internet connect and choose the land line. Thanks for any suggestions.
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Senior User
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Boston, MA
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well, it can work cause I do VPN over Airport
everyday.
Are you using a Linksys wireless router by
any chance?
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Administrator  Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: San Antonio TX USA
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Are you 100% AirPort, or do you have the base station connected to a router or something? One way or another, there's a "pass through" that isn't, or a port that's closed that needs to be open.
Details of your current configuration would help. Post what type of modem you have, what kind of connection you're using (fixed IP, dynamic IP, PPPoE, etc.), and any other equipment you have connected to the modem. Then tell us ALL about your AirPort set up. I'll bet you're using pretty close to a default configuration... Also, what VPN client do you have, because it makes a difference in what ports it uses, etc. Anyway, when we see what you've got we'll have a better idea of what you'll need to do to get working.
Think of this as "explaining the funny sound to the mechanic." You'd be surprised how some seemingly trivial settings can just hose an otherwise great connection! 
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Glenn -----OTR/L, MOT, Tx
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: May 2002
Location: tampa, fl
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I am using earthlink DSL over Verizon lines with a Fujitsu DSL modem. I have my DSL modem connected directly to my Airport base station with an Airport card in my Powerbook 667MHz. I am using PPPoE configured with DHCP and an IP address of 10.0.1.2 which it says was provided by the server. I manually put in the DNS number which were provided by earthlink 207.217.77.82 and 207.217.120.83. My VPN client is operating thorugh internet connect on OS X 10.2.3 using PPTP with a server address of 65.205.13.67 accessed with IE 5.2 @ http://10.1.0.4 I hope that is enough, if you need to know anything else please let me know. Thanks again for the help.
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Administrator Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: San Antonio TX USA
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What VPN client do you use? I don't think it'll make too much difference since it uses PPTP, but it might.
Apple says this about compatibility with PPTP VPN clients. It mentions the minimum AirPort software version needed-which reminds me, what version of the base station do you have?
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Glenn -----OTR/L, MOT, Tx
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: May 2002
Location: tampa, fl
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I have the latest version of the Airport software, I think it is 2.05. I have no idea what kind of VPN client I use. How do I find out? I was looking in the network prefs there is one section for VPN, can that be the problem, or maybe through the Airport admininstrator?
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Jan 2001
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I use the vpn software in internet connect, I can connect to my school server, i have the connection for a couple of seconds then I get disconnected...
Their servers are windows XP...
I don't see why it shouldn't work.. do you think the problem is on my side, or their side?!
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...happiness is not a fish that you can catch.
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Cupertino, CA
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I don't think VPN (at least PPTP) can work through the older, graphite AirPort base stations. Supposedly it works with the newer "snow" ones. The only way around this is to disable IP distribution on your airport base station. You might want to try out Cisco's VPN client, I think it has a NAT Transparency feature that might make it work better with AirPort.
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Moderator  Join Date: May 2001
Location: Hilbert space
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It may be a VPN compatibility issue. There are two kinds of handshakes for VPN -- encrypted and not-encrypted. Jagwire uses the encrypted login method. You need a third-party tool in order to use the other two configurations (either DigiTunnel or vpntracker).
Works for me.
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I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Jan 2001
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The one at school also use encrypted.. I get connected but the connection is unstable and I get disconnected after a couple of seconds.
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...happiness is not a fish that you can catch.
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