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Obsolete Releases => SME Server 7.x => Topic started by: KaiNeR on March 09, 2007, 08:40:39 PM

Title: changing the port vpn uses..how ?
Post by: KaiNeR on March 09, 2007, 08:40:39 PM

Hi

I need to access my SME server through vpn externally, my problem is the external connection i'm using is behind a proxy with the only available open ports being 8080

How can i change the VPN service to run on port 8080 instead of  port 1194 or 1723

can anybody help ?
cheers

Title: changing the port vpn uses..how ?
Post by: haymann on March 09, 2007, 09:39:00 PM

Install the OpenVPN contrib that VIP-ire has put together. The last time I looked the announce thread was near the top of the contribs board. I believe I have used 8080 for a day or so when we were having some firewall issues...
Ryan

Title: changing the port vpn uses..how ?
Post by: KaiNeR on March 09, 2007, 09:41:39 PM

thanks, i'll have look

Title: Re: changing the port vpn uses..how ?
Post by: CharlieBrady on March 09, 2007, 10:24:28 PM

Quote from: "KaiNeR"

Hi

I need to access my SME server through vpn externally, my problem is the external connection i'm using is behind a proxy with the only available open ports being 8080

How can i change the VPN service to run on port 8080 instead of  port 1194 or 1723

AFAIK, microsoft PPTP VPN client cannot be configured to connect to a different port, so moving the server would not help.

You don't need to reconfigure any server to use a different port, just use portforwarding to create a connection from a different port to where it is running.

Title: changing the port vpn uses..how ?
Post by: KaiNeR on March 09, 2007, 10:32:27 PM

thanks charlie for the info, i'm using my mac not microsoft, but i'll try using the portforwarding meathod.

so would i just leave the pptp settings enabled
source port = 8080
destination host = localhost
destination port = 1723


cheers

David

Title: changing the port vpn uses..how ?
Post by: KaiNeR on March 10, 2007, 02:47:14 AM

I set the forwarding up as in the above post but i still cant connect to my SME server.


I can access using port 1723 no problem, but i really need the service to run on 8080