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Microsoft PPTP Clients Cannot Authenticate


Author: Ben Schorr MVP

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Summary

When Microsoft PPTP clients attempt to authenticate to the Routing and Remote Access server on ISA 2000 the connection fails. The ISA server's log shows an event ID 20189 indicating the failure of the client to authenticate.

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Symptoms

Remote users with Microsoft PPTP cannot successfully authenticate through a Microsoft ISA 2000 Server running Routing and Remote Access.� They are told that their username and password were not accepted.� The ISA Server's System Log shows the following errors:

Event Type:�Warning
Event Source:�RemoteAccess
Event Category:�None
Event ID:�20189
Date:��4/25/2004
Time:��8:46:16 PM
User:��N/A
Computer:�ISA-Server
Description:
The user Domain\JoeUser connected from 123.123.123.123 but failed an authentication attempt due to the following reason: There was an authentication failure because of an unknown user name or a bad password.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

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Resolution

Check the following things.

1.� The user is typing their username and password correctly.� Confirm that the user does not have their CAPSLOCK key on.

2.� Verify that the NetLogon service is running on the ISA server.� The NetLogon service is responsible for passing the authentication thru to the domain controller.

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More information

Verifying Domain NetLogon Sychronization: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;149664

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Article Info
Article ID : 555100
Revision : 1
Created on : 4/26/2004
Published on : 4/26/2004
Exists online : False
Views : 393