VPN newbie help!

[MattWray]

I am a newbie trying to set up my first VPN and having problems!
Here's what I got.
DSL from SWB coming into Cayman router with a public IP on WAN side.
Router dynamically assigns IP info to NIC1 on server.
NIC2 has a static IP and assigns all info to network.
I have RRAS running for network router and remote access on server. I have pinholes setup for port 1723 and PPTP on router as described by cayman's website for VPN.
I am able to ping my routers WAN interface from internet. From LAN I can ping everything from clients to router to SWB gateway and beyond.
On clients setup and am using the IP of the router's WAN interface as the server address( according to cayman the router will pass info from port 1723 straight to the server?).
When I try to connect I am receiving error 678: no answer.
I am trying to test this here from my LAN so I don't know if that is the problem, but I am totally lost and any help would be much appreciated!

Matt Wray
CCNA, MCP

 

[MattWray]

Ok, part of my problem was apparently testing fromthe LAN. When I tested remotely I was able to connect. I then had to set dial-in VPN permissions for my clients. Ok, now I can login. Remembering I am a newbie, what do they do once they login? Can they browse the network through network places(neighborhood) as normal, or will they have to use command prompt to connect to the files? And what type of security issues should I address? I am using PPTP and MSCHAPv2.

Matt Wray
CCNA, MCP
mwray77518@yahoo.com