Does anybody know if its possible to create a Windows PPTP VPN connection from the command line for XP/Vista machines? This will allow me to do somethings via Group Policy.
You'll really enjoy the Connection Manager Administation Kit if you want to create a maintainable method for distributing VPN connection information. The CMAK also lets you do some neat things like running a script when the VPN connection starts.
You can use this tool to create a program to generate an EXE that automatically configures client computers with a "connection" to your VPN server. We typically deploy it onto client computers using startup scripts with a registry-based versioning mechanism to cause computers to install new versions if we deploy them.
You'll really enjoy the Connection Manager Administation Kit if you want to create a maintainable method for distributing VPN connection information. The CMAK also lets you do some neat things like running a script when the VPN connection starts.
You can use this tool to create a program to generate an EXE that automatically configures client computers with a "connection" to your VPN server. We typically deploy it onto client computers using startup scripts with a registry-based versioning mechanism to cause computers to install new versions if we deploy them.
Not sure what the details are (OS version and type of firewall), but NETSH should do the trick for you. See if this helps:
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Configure-Windows-2008-Advanced-Firewall-NETSH-CLI.html