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PPTP VPN

FortiGate Version 4.0 MR1 Administration Guide

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FortiGate units support PPTP to tunnel PPP traffic between two VPN peers. Windows or

Linux PPTP clients can establish a PPTP tunnel with a FortiGate unit that has been

configured to act as a PPTP server. As an alternative, you can configure the FortiGate unit

to forward PPTP packets to a PPTP server on the network behind the FortiGate unit.

PPTP VPN is available only in NAT/Route mode. The current maximum number of PPTP

sessions is 254. If you enable virtual domains (VDOMs) on the FortiGate unit, you need to

configure VPN PPTP separately for each virtual domain. For more information, see

virtual domains" on page

When you intend to use the FortiGate unit as a PPTP gateway, you can select a PPTP

client IP from a local address range or use the server defined in the PPTP user group. You

select which method to use for IP address retrieval and, in the case of the user group

server, provide the IP address and the user group.

This section explains how to specify a range of IP addresses for PPTP clients or configure

the PPTP client-side IP address to be used in the tunnel setup. For information about how

to perform other related PPTP VPN setup tasks, see the

Note: The PPTP feature is disabled by default in the FortiGate web-based manager. You

configure the PPTP tunnel configuration by creating a customized FortiGate screen.

This section describes:

PPTP configuration using FortiGate web-based manager

PPTP configuration using CLI commands

To configure the PPTP tunnel, create a customized screen in the web-based manager.

The PPTP Range tab is found under the Categories heading as a selection in the

Additional category:

PPTP configuration using FortiGate web-based manager

FortiGate PPTP VPN User