Delays Occur When Establishing Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol Connection with a Connection Manager Administration Kit Profile (280482)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
- Microsoft Windows Advanced Server, Limited Edition
This article was previously published under Q280482 SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to establish for the first time a Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) connection by means of a Connection Manager profile, you may experience a significant delay before you are able to connect, or you may be unable to connect.
CAUSE
This behavior may occur because of the default behavior of a Connection Manager Administration Kit (CMAK) profile which attempts to establish a tunnel (a connection) using Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) before it attempts to use PPTP. If the virtual private networking (VPN) server is unable to accept L2TP connections, the attempted connection can time out. At this point, the connection can fail over and attempt to connect by means of PPTP.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this behavior, you must configure the tunneling protocol that is used to establish the connection. The VPNStrategy key must be added to the Profilename.cms file.
The VPNStrategy key must be placed under the Networking& TunnelDUN section of the .cms file, where TunnelDUN is the value of the TunnelDUN key in the Connection Manager section of the file.
The following values for the VPNStrategy key are:
0 = Automatically select the primary protocol
1 = Use Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) only
2 = Try PPTP first
3 = Use L2TP only
4 = Try L2TP first
The following value is an example of the preceding key:
Networking&CorpNet Tunnel
VPNStrategy=1
MORE INFORMATION
For a full list of keys and values for Connection Manager, read the CMAK Online Help file.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 1/25/2006 |
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| Keywords: | kbenv kbnetwork kbprb KB280482 |
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