Hi Hawn, 1. Enable IP Routing at the ISA Server 2. Enable PPTP passthrough on the ISA Server HTH, Tom Thomas W Shinder www.isaserver.org/shinder ISA Server and Beyond: http://tinyurl.com/1jq1 Configuring ISA Server: http://tinyurl.com/1llp -----Original Message----- From: Hawk N [mailto:hawkeeman@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 3:49 AM To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] Subject: [isalist] Re: ISA VPN problem http://www.ISAserver.org Well, I am calling an external VPN server from an internal network client.. >From: "Thomas W Shinder" >Reply-To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" >To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" >Subject: [isalist] Re: ISA VPN problem >Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 20:49:50 -0500 > >http://www.ISAserver.org > > >Hi George, > >Are you calling the ISA Server, or are you trying to establish a PPTP >connection to an external VPN server outside the ISA Server from an >internal network client? > >Thanks! >Tom > >Thomas W Shinder >www.isaserver.org/shinder >ISA Server and Beyond: http://tinyurl.com/1jq1 >Configuring ISA Server: http://tinyurl.com/1llp > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hawk N [mailto:hawkeeman@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 6:55 AM > To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] > Subject: [isalist] Re: ISA VPN problem > > > http://www.ISAserver.org > > > > First, thanks for your reply, > > I did try yesterday to just to use natting but it didn't work, >today I tried something, Stopped the firewall client on the client work >station, and opened the VPN connection using the ISA as gateway, It >worked!!! > But this way I lost control in the users and to what they acces >on the internet? > > I read the article posted in the isa.org about forcing VPN >connection to pass thru the proxy firewall but it didn't work... I >coulsn't open the http site after establishing the connection. > > One more problem I worked around it, when I enabled the VPN thru >ISA, which automatically turn on Routing and Remote Access service on >the server; if I restart the server, the ISA firewall service will stop >and not start? I checked the errors in the Event Viewer, the only thing >I could get from the knowledge base is that it is about certificates, >while I am not using certificates at all when using VPN or any other >connection. > What I did is? i stoped the Routing and Remote Access Service, >start firewall service, then start the routing and remote access again. > > is there a better way to fix this problem also? > > Thanks > > George