Setting up VPN through Cisco 1721 and firewall

Sep 07, 2005 1 Replies
Setting up VPN through Cisco 1721 and firewall open original image

I'm fairly new to routing, so any help would be greatly appreciated.



Network is configured as follows:



Inside Network -> Watchguard Firewall -> Cisco 1721 -> Internet



I need to setup VPN access using a Windows server, on our inside network (10.10.1.0). All NAT is done through the Firewall, and then routed to the 1721. We have a range of public IP addresses we can use.



I've set up VPN on the server, and setup a port forwarding on the firewall for 1723 to our server (10.10.1.254).



What I need help on is this: What do I need to do now so that somebody attempting to connect from outside has the VPN connection route to the server?



If I understand correctly, I need to have the 1721 route any traffic using port 1723 to our Firewall public IP, which would then forward that traffic to server using the internal address. I had thought about forwarding only a specific IP address to the firewall address, but I can't tell which IP addresses the firewall is using when it NATs, so I think it needs to be on a port or protocol basis.



If this is correct, how would this be done on the 1721? I understand the basics of navigating IOS, but I don't know the correct way to implement it (or even if what I'm thinking is correct).



Thanks, J



In article , wrote: :Network is configured as follows:

:Inside Network -> Watchguard Firewall -> Cisco 1721 -> Internet

:I need to setup VPN access using a Windows server, on our inside :network (10.10.1.0). All NAT is done through the Firewall, and then :routed to the 1721. We have a range of public IP addresses we can use.

:I've set up VPN on the server, and setup a port forwarding on the :firewall for 1723 to our server (10.10.1.254).

The port 1723 you mention is associated with PPTP, which uses tcp 1723 to set up the connection and then uses IP protocol 47 (GRE) to transmit the packets. The problem with that is that GRE does not have "ports" (it isn't TCP or UDP) so you cannot do port forwarding for it.

For information on configuring PPTP pass-thru and NAT support for IOS, see

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Depending on the Windows Server version, you might have other VPN options such as IPSec or L2TP.

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