It could mean that they do not route VPN-specific protocols over their backbone (proto 47, et. al.). I highly doubt this is true, unless they're interested in reselling a proprietary value-add to their service. On the other hand, they may simply not want to answer every end-user's questions about their homebrew VPN problems. Peter Lukas On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, ^chewie wrote: > On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 02:52:31PM -0500, Bob Tanner wrote: > > I was told today by a sales dork at Road Runner that Time Warner > > does not allow 'VPN Traffic' over it's links. > > > > Anyone confirm or deny this? > > > > If confirmed, do they just block the well-known ports for PPTP and > > IPSec? > > No confirmation or denial for you. It simply sounds like the salesman > doesn't know what the hell he's talking about. I'm sure his > definition of VPN and your definition of VPN differe. Remember, he's > a marketing dweeb. You're a technical geek. You win. > > -- > Chad "^chewie" Walstrom <chewie at wookimus.net> > http://wookimus.net/chewie > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org