Re: [WinMac] VPN to NT RAS from Mac client

Curtis Wilcox(cwcx[at]uhura.cc.rochester.edu)
Tue, 16 Feb 1999 13:35:56 -0500

At 02:50 PM 2/16/99 +0100, Jeroen Camstra wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>With a Windows 9x/NT computer at home I can make a connection to my ISP and
>then make a VPN connection to the LAN at work.
>
>Can the same be accomplished with a Macintosh client? (For fileserving we
>use NT with SFM, so Appletalk-IP is not possible)

This is a question similar to one I just answered on the TidBITS-Talk list:

>On a related note -- does anyone know of a way to connect a Mac to a
>Windows NT network via a PPTP (Point to Point Tunneling Protocol)
>tunnel? The tunnel server is an NT machine. I'd like Dave to work
>through the tunnel.

I knew I had seen "Mac," "PPTP," and "WinNT" together before and I found it
in Richard Birchall's FAQ on Mac PPP Connections to WinNT RAS.
<http://valleynet.on.ca/~aa158/mac-ras.html>

"There is a PPP/PPTP client for Macintosh called TunnelBuilder for Mac
Remote, sold by NTS, which is capable of MS-CHAP authentication ("Require
Microsoft encrypted authentication"). It works very well. There is a
time-limited evaluation version available."
<http://www.nts.com/html/VPN/VPNtnnlBldr.html>

The evaluation version of TunnelBuilder should let you determine whether or
not DAVE will work with it. There may be other PPTP clients for the Mac
which may or may not support MS-CHAP but NT RAS can be configured to not
use MS-CHAP.

Note that if it works this combination will NOT let you see Macs in your LANs
AppleTalk zone but DAVE should let you see the PCs in the LAN.

-- 
Curtis Wilcox          cwcx@ats.rochester.edu
Desktop Systems Consultant       716/274-1160
Eastman School of Music       Pager: x12-3290


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