W2K3 SBS VPN Connections

[TheBat99]

Hi Guys,

We are running W2K3 SBS with a simple PPTP VPN connection.

We upgraded from SBS 4.5 six months ago, which was using a VPN connection to provide remote access and email for our remote users.

We now have a situation where our users have to dial in to our VPN like they did before, but cannot connect to the Remote Web Workplace until they have connected to the 'Small Business Server' connection provided with W2K3.

This looks to me like they are making effectively making TWO VPN connections to get the access they require.

Is there anyway I can combine the connections into one VPN session that will allow them to connect to our fixed IP address and still be able to see the servers internal IP address?

Any suggestions are most welcome.

 

[TidyTrax]

How do you mean dial-in to our VPN?!?!? Do you mean they use a RAS connection to dial into the server. IE: They dont dial up the internet using a standard ISP dial up connection???? If that is what you mean then this is not a VPN connection merely a RAS, the second part of the connection you refer to is definetely a VPN connection and provides the security layer and windows based authentication and therefore allow access to the Remote Work Place.

 

[TheBat99]

By dial in I mean that our users connect via their Dial up internet accounts although some do connect by broadband. Either way the connection is standard.

However on the client taskbar there are two network connection Icons, one for the VPN and another for the connection to the SBS server. Each one reports differing levels of packets sent/received.

I was hoping that the authentication to the network could be handled by a single VPN connection - much as it was under the previous arrangement.