VPN to SBS2003 - PPTP works, L2TP doesn't

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VPN using PPTP to the network, visit the CertSrv page and get your
certificate, then configure the L2TP/IPSEC connection.

Jeffrey Randow (Windows Networking & Smart Display MVP)
jeffreyr-support@remotenetworktechnology.com

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On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 12:15:08 -0400, Bob P <rpalnik@metfabtech.com>
wrote:

>I'm trying to make a VPN connection to a SBS2003 server.
>
>Using the 'Connect to Small Business Server' application, connection
>always fails with an error 691 (Access was denied because the username
>and/or password was invalid on the domain.)
>
>Creating a VPN connection manually, I can connect using PPTP. Using
>L2TP, the connection fails with an error 781 (connection requires a
>certificate, and no certificate was found)
>
>How do I get the server to issue a certificate? From within the
>network, I can go to http://servername/certsrv, but how do I do that
>remotely?