DOCERR: Steps to Make PPTP Connection Incomplete in WNTRK 4.0 (160174)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
- MSPRESS Microsoft Windows NT Resource Kit
This article was previously published under Q160174 SYMPTOMS
Page 336 of the Windows NT Server Networking Guide for Windows NT version
4.0 does not completely document the process of making a PPTP connection to
an Internet Service Provider (ISP) in the section titled "Secure Access to
Corporate Networks over the Internet" that begins on page 335.
On page 336 the text states:
The client first makes a call to the ISP. After that
connection is established, the client makes another
call to the RAS server located anywhere on the Internet
or the ISP and that establishes the PPTP tunnel.
This section fails to explain that in order to make the second call to
complete a PPTP connection, you must make special changes to the Phonebook
entry in the Dial-Up Networking connectoid.
RESOLUTION
First, rather than entering an actual phone number in the Phone number
Dialog box, you must enter either the IP address or the name of the remote
host.
Also, you must ensure that the Dial using option for this connection
specifies a RASPPTPM VPN port.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. We
are researching this problem and will post new information here in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 8/9/2001 |
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Keywords: | kbnetwork KB160174 |
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