PPTP disconnects randomly

I am trying to connect to a server behind my airport (timecapsule) via a VPN with PPTP. After random seconds the connections drops. It uses to work without the airport. I have found this topic on the internet stating airport has some problems (aug 2008...). No solution is given.
Anyone any thoughts?

adminrobin wrote:
Primary gateway to the internet is a adsl router. The airport is connected to it with a specific ip subnet. Moreover the airport is in nat mode because i want to use the 2 seperate wifi's in the aiport. I opened the gre and pptp ports in both appliances. Everything seems to work well because connection sets up correctly and works for sevral minutes. Something is triggering the vpn to collapse.
Did I understand correctly that pptp is not its thing, concerning the aiport? Why? Because of the call ID in pptp?
The trouble with double NAT is forwarding packets in a double step.. from one NAT router to the next one is never reliable. NAT by its nature is adding extra port information to direct the packet to the right device, since it cannot use IP. Somewhere along the line that always messes up.
Apple also have broken pptp in various firmware of the airport and TC.. so they are uninterested in it.
I understand why you are using the TC to route .. the best idea then is to bridge the modem if your ISP allows pppoe authentication. Or add another pure WAP like airport express for guest network, so you can keep the TC in bridge.

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