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I have been reading about point-to-point tunneling protocol, and I have a
question - if this is not the best newsgroup, please suggest alternative.

Can I connect a node on a remote LAN to a RAS Server at the central site,
establish the tunnel, and then access services on the central site LAN from
ALL nodes on the remote LAN, or only from the node from which the tunnel
connection is made? In other words, can the remote end of the tunnel
function as a router (I think that is the question, anyway, I hope someone
will understand the question AND have the answer!).

TIA,

Worth

Hi,

Quote:>I have been reading about point-to-point tunneling protocol, and I have a
>question - if this is not the best newsgroup, please suggest alternative.

        comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.networking

or on the Microsoft news server:

        news.microsoft.com

newsgroup:

        microsoft.public.windowsnt.protocol.tcpip

Quote:>Can I connect a node on a remote LAN to a RAS Server at the central site,
>establish the tunnel, and then access services on the central site LAN from
>ALL nodes on the remote LAN, or only from the node from which the tunnel
>connection is made? In other words, can the remote end of the tunnel
>function as a router (I think that is the question, anyway, I hope someone
>will understand the question AND have the answer!).

PPTP is used to securely ride LAN traffic on top of a WAN's TCP/IP
protocols (usually the Internet). Kind of like a virtual wire.

Then again...I may have misinterpreted your question.

Dale Larson
Sterling Software