DOCERR: Steps to Make PPTP Connection Incomplete in WNTRK 4.0

• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
• Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
• Microsoft Windows NT Resource Kit version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

Page 336 of the Windows NT Server Networking Guide for Windows NT version 4.0 does not completely document the process of making a PPTP connection to an Internet Service Provider (ISP) in the section titled "Secure Access to Corporate Networks over the Internet" that begins on page 335.

On page 336 the text states:

   The client first makes a call to the ISP. After that
   connection is established, the client makes another
   call to the RAS server located anywhere on the Internet
   or the ISP and that establishes the PPTP tunnel.

RESOLUTION

First, rather than entering an actual phone number in the Phone number Dialog box, you must enter either the IP address or the name of the remote host.

Also, you must ensure that the Dial using option for this connection specifies a RASPPTPM VPN port.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

The end of this section also references the two diagrams in the section with the labels of Terra Flora and Seville. However, no such labels appear on the diagrams.

For additional information, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q154062
   TITLE     : Using PPTP Over a Non-PPTP Enabled Internet Provider