Cluster not visible to external IP

Hello
We have SQL 2000 with two servers clustered (one is a failover) to have one
named SQL server. This is fine internally, but external VPN connections
can't reach this server (all other machines are reachable). Permissions not
an issue.
Anyone have any ideas on where to start/look?
Thanks
VPN connections will have to be enabled to the underlying node IPs, not the
virtual server IPs.
Geoff N. Hiten
Senior Database Administrator
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
"PB" <hoopitup@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello
> We have SQL 2000 with two servers clustered (one is a failover) to have
> one named SQL server. This is fine internally, but external VPN
> connections can't reach this server (all other machines are reachable).
> Permissions not an issue.
> Anyone have any ideas on where to start/look?
> Thanks
>
|||We are using the cluster name rather than IP. Will try the actual node name
now, but the only thing then is there is no failover protection.
"Geoff N. Hiten" <SRDBA@.Careerbuilder.com> wrote in message
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> VPN connections will have to be enabled to the underlying node IPs, not
> the virtual server IPs.
> --
> Geoff N. Hiten
> Senior Database Administrator
> Microsoft SQL Server MVP
>
> "PB" <hoopitup@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
|||When a client (in this case the firewall) receives an IP packet from a
virtual instance, the sender IP address is the node's physical address, not
the virtual address. You can still connect via virtual IP for name and ARP
resolution, but you will have to enable VPN access via the physical node
addresses.
GNH
"PB" <hoopitup@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> We are using the cluster name rather than IP. Will try the actual node
> name now, but the only thing then is there is no failover protection.
> "Geoff N. Hiten" <SRDBA@.Careerbuilder.com> wrote in message
> news:OkktM047FHA.3224@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>