hi everyone
i have windows 2003.net server, and it is behind a Router/firewall(linksys).
before configuring VPN, i enabled port 3389 in the router, and i was able to connect through the internet to my server through Remote Desktop Connection. i configured VPN, and i enabled 1723 port in the router and everything went fine. so i was thinking, the idea of VPN is not to let your application accessible to the outside world, so i will connect through VPN, create to myself a private tunnel, then i will Remote desktop from inside my LAN to my selver (after i do the connect through VPN). So i disbaled the port 3389 for Remote Desktop Connection (Note: i wasn't home). after that my VPN couldn't connect, it kept telling me that "Opening port..." !!!!
so obviously i locked myself out of my LAN , so i went home and re-enabled the 3389 port, and after that it worked fine !!! is there any suggestion????

and i have another question, how can i test my security??? i don't know exactly how VPN security works (PPP, L2TP and IPSec)

by the way, i have BEFW11S4 ver. 2 Router.

thanks in advance

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Question - if you don't have a port open to allow VPN how do you expect to access it?

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i just disable the 3389 port for remote conneciton, i kept the 1723 port for VPN

sorry if i didn't explain it right

thanks in advance

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Hmmm - OK, I haven't been able to recreate that here and may be some other configuration setting. Did you set up the VPN using the Dial Up Connection Wizard?

I suggest ....

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and

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as research places

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