hi............... I wanna know how VPN works with L2TP/IPSec. Does first L2TP create a link between client & server before transmitting date? what informqtion is diplayed/remain unchanged and which info is replaced with which ibfo. Thanx in advance............. Vipin Tyagi (MCSE 2003) Network Admin

Vipin, This forum is focused on the security solutions published by the Solutions Accelerators group at Microsoft. I think the Windows Server 2008 networking forum would be a better place to post your question: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverPN/threads. Regards, KurtKurt Dillard http://www.kurtdillard.com