VPN Newbie Question

[Guest Slabchops]

Greetings,

 

Here is what I have. I have a WatchGuard Firebox Firewall, MS SBS 2003R and

I would like to be able to logon on from home to access server resources

through a VPN. I don't neccessarily want to logon to my desktop at work,

just the server. I have a client application on my laptop that I want to

connent against the server. I can establish the VPN connection, but it does

not pass off to the server requesting logon credentials. Can someone give

this newbie the lowdown on how to do this? Thanks.

 

 

-lj

[Guest Cliff Galiher]

Re: VPN Newbie Question

 

Watchguard fireboxes support PPTP and IPSec VPN's natively. I'd recommend

setting up the VPN on the firebox (I've used both PPTP and IPSec for this,

but PPTP doesn't require a 3rd party client) and then when you request a

resource on the server, you will be prompted for domain credentials that you

can enter. As far as the details of setting up VPN on a firebox, you should

refer to your documentation for the firebox, as that has changed between

firebox models and whether you are running WFS, Fireware, Fireware Pro, etc.

 

-Cliff

 

"Slabchops" <no@email.com> wrote in message

news:48460729$0$5719$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...

> Greetings,

>

> Here is what I have. I have a WatchGuard Firebox Firewall, MS SBS 2003R

> and I would like to be able to logon on from home to access server

> resources through a VPN. I don't neccessarily want to logon to my desktop

> at work, just the server. I have a client application on my laptop that I

> want to connent against the server. I can establish the VPN connection,

> but it does not pass off to the server requesting logon credentials. Can

> someone give this newbie the lowdown on how to do this? Thanks.

>

>

> -lj

[Guest Slabchops]

Re: VPN Newbie Question

 

Hey Cliff,

 

Thanks for getting back to me. I have set up the VPN with IPSec, it

connects and all seems well. However I am not sure how to access anything

on the server, any suggestions? thanks

 

-sc

 

 

"Cliff Galiher" <cgaliher@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:3DA8A7DD-1B47-4841-8C3B-5C0FF6F9EADD@microsoft.com...

> Watchguard fireboxes support PPTP and IPSec VPN's natively. I'd recommend

> setting up the VPN on the firebox (I've used both PPTP and IPSec for this,

> but PPTP doesn't require a 3rd party client) and then when you request a

> resource on the server, you will be prompted for domain credentials that

> you can enter. As far as the details of setting up VPN on a firebox, you

> should refer to your documentation for the firebox, as that has changed

> between firebox models and whether you are running WFS, Fireware, Fireware

> Pro, etc.

>

> -Cliff

>

> "Slabchops" <no@email.com> wrote in message

> news:48460729$0$5719$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...

>> Greetings,

>>

>> Here is what I have. I have a WatchGuard Firebox Firewall, MS SBS 2003R

>> and I would like to be able to logon on from home to access server

>> resources through a VPN. I don't neccessarily want to logon to my

>> desktop at work, just the server. I have a client application on my

>> laptop that I want to connent against the server. I can establish the

>> VPN connection, but it does not pass off to the server requesting logon

>> credentials. Can someone give this newbie the lowdown on how to do this?

>> Thanks.

>>

>>

>> -lj

>

[Guest Bill Grant]

Re: VPN Newbie Question

 

Setting up a VPN gives you an IP connection. That is all it does. It does

not log you on to the domain. It does not automatically give you name

resolution or browsing or file access.

 

"Slabchops" <no@email.com> wrote in message

news:4847425a$0$7034$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...

> Hey Cliff,

>

> Thanks for getting back to me. I have set up the VPN with IPSec, it

> connects and all seems well. However I am not sure how to access anything

> on the server, any suggestions? thanks

>

> -sc

>

>

[Guest Slabchops]

Re: VPN Newbie Question

 

Bill,

 

Being really new at this, what else should I do to get this working? What

needs to be done on the server side to allow be to get logged in.

 

-pat

 

 

"Bill Grant" <not.available@online> wrote in message

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> Setting up a VPN gives you an IP connection. That is all it does. It does

> not log you on to the domain. It does not automatically give you name

> resolution or browsing or file access.

>

> "Slabchops" <no@email.com> wrote in message

> news:4847425a$0$7034$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...

>> Hey Cliff,

>>

>> Thanks for getting back to me. I have set up the VPN with IPSec, it

>> connects and all seems well. However I am not sure how to access

>> anything on the server, any suggestions? thanks

>>

>> -sc

>>

>>

>