Re: problem getting client to connect via pptpd

Lol, yeah, reminds me of the pptp server I setup for my wife's work, half the time when her boss tries from some coffee shop , etc,  the VPN connection won't work, and I just sigh.

~Phil

On Jan 7, 2013, at 9:41 PM, "Greg Scott" <[email protected]> wrote:

> LOL... I like James' elaborate rant better than what I was going to say;
> that's why we field consultants get the big bucks, cuz we figure out how
> to make this stuff work.  :) 
> 
> <Quick story>
> 
> I was out of town in a hotel a couple months ago, trying to PPTP VPN
> back to my place from the "free" hotel Internet connection.  Of course
> it didn't work and naturally I knew why.  Calling the front desk to ask
> about this stuff is like a trip to the Twilight Zone.  I finally got in
> contact with the IT support company the hotel used and tried to explain
> why they should really allow GRE packets out of their network so I could
> VPN back to my office.  Then we got into an explanation of the
> difference between an IP protocol and TCP/UDP port and my optimism level
> went way down.  After a few minutes, he said he would get back to me.
> Of course, nobody called back.  Fortunately for me, Verizon Wireless is
> still so far wide-open and I can PPTP back to my place that way.   I've
> had lots of customers try to PPTP in from hotels with similar problems
> but this is the first time I've dealt with it myself.  It's maddening
> that expensive hotels are so willfully careless.  
> 
> </Quick Story>
> 
> - Greg
> 
> 
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