2 pc's , 2 norton internet security & a non-working vpn

[captainpc]

Hello all !

I am not a newbie but i am unable to solve this problem ...

I am trying to setup a vpn between 2 windows 2000
machines , each has NIS 2003 installed.

On my site(SERVER SITE) I have a d-link router configured to forward the following ports : 47 & 1723 .
I also configured my NIS (VPN SERVER SITE)
to allow traffic on the following ports :
1723 , 500 , 1701 , 50 , 51 , 47

Vpn doesn't work...
(client site response with no answer).
Client site doesn't have any router .

When I am disabling NIS on my site , VPN working like a charm !
(Which leads me to a conclusion that the router isn't the problem ?)

I checked my NIS logs and I noticed that there are reports
that the VPN-CLIENT is trying to access my machines through
additional ports such as 1078 , 1051 , 1061 and so on and so on.

As far as i know , all i need open are ports : 47 & 1723 .

Does anyone exprieneced this kind of problem before
or knows why the client is trying to access me with aditional
ports (more then 10 tcp ports...)

P.S
Even when I am putting the NIS VPN ROLE on top of the roles
list it still doesn't work...

Thanks.

[cszeto]

Setting up servers is beyond the typical basic SOHO networking discussions that takes place across these forums, so there might not be much here.

As for your situation. It seems that you have already narrowed down the culprit... Most personal firewalls are not necessarily appropriate for hosting servers as they lack the ability to define persistent incoming port forwards needed in most server arrangements. Your next stop is probably with the Norton folks to see if their product can accommodate this needed requirement.

You do have the correct ports identified, just need to correctly forward them...