Hi Andrew, Since you are using direct PPPoE connection from ISA box, Can I ask you if you have succeeded in creating L2TP VPN connection to this ISA box. I could not work out This issue except that by PPTP after inspection of Various settings. Thanks, Roy Tsao -----Original Message----- From: Roy Tsao [mailto:roy_tsao@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 9:00 PM To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] Subject: [isalist] RE: ISA dial-up question http://www.ISAserver.org I also use direct PPPoE dial-up connection throuhd ADSL line. I don't think you need to enforce that NIC to obtain IP address Since it is PPPoE connection. You can disable all the protocol Bind to that IP like TCP/IP, NIC will use PPPoE to dial up! In fact, it is my current ISA configuration. Roy Tsao -----Original Message----- From: Andrew English [mailto:andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 12:42 AM To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] Subject: [isalist] ISA dial-up question http://www.ISAserver.org Yes I USE DIAL-UP. (grin) I have a 4Meg DSL connection which uses PPPoE, thus I use dial-up on my ISA 2004 Server. My question is since PPPoE sits on top of the External NIC as it own layer which it gets its own IP and not the NIC can I assign a bogus IP to the NIC without it affecting ISA server? The reason for doing this is simple. Since the NIC doesn't obtain an IP since SP1 if the NIC can not get an IP address it will flag the connection with a yellow "!" sign, and attempt again and again to try and get an IP. Well my logs are filling up with "!" errors how the NIC wasn't able to obtain an IP address. :( When doing the same scenario on a workstation with the DSL connection (not going through a cable/dsl router) you can add an NIC to the card and it doesn't do anything to effect the net, but since this ISA I figure I would ask before messing with it. Thanks Andrew ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=isalist ISA Server Newsletter: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/newsletter.asp ISA Server FAQ: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: World of Windows Networking: http://www.windowsnetworking.com Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 Exchange Server Resource Site: http://www.msexchange.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this ISAserver.org Discussion List as: roy_tsao@xxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=isalist Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=isalist ISA Server Newsletter: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/newsletter.asp ISA Server FAQ: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: World of Windows Networking: http://www.windowsnetworking.com Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 Exchange Server Resource Site: http://www.msexchange.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this ISAserver.org Discussion List as: roy_tsao@xxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=isalist Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx