Cisco Pix 501 - Need help with VPN passthrough

Greetings!
Currently I have a Cisco Pix 501 version 6.3(1) which is in front of my Windows Server 2008 box. I am fairly new to firewalling, especially with the Cisco Pix; I have been able to accomplish some port forwarding for CCTV camera software, etc. but am coming to a standstill attempting to connect a company laptop (Windows 7 Professional) to the server via VPN.
Previously we had another facility which was able to connect through VPN but it has since been removed (and always seemed to not be very stable to begin with - though it was connecting to a Server 2003 box rather than 2008).
I have been through several articles both here and other forums and have attempted several of the proposed fixes. I'm almost sure at this point I've probably opened up more of my firewall then necessary and may have duplicate information attempted to complete this passthrough. My Server 2008 resides at 192.168.1.15, below is what I have thus far. The "crypto map" sections were all completed long before I took over, I believe this is how the old VPN was set up. What I have added since beginning this endevour is the "fixup protocol pptp 1723", the "access-list" entries relating to both pptp and gre, and the "static (inside, outside)" relating to the pptp.
I am still continuously getting an error on the laptop of "800" whenever I try to connect to the VPN. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am rapidly losing hair attempting to get this situated.
: Saved
PIX Version 6.3(1)
interface ethernet0 auto
interface ethernet1 100full
nameif ethernet0 outside security0
nameif ethernet1 inside security100
enable password RysZD25GpRAOMhF. encrypted
passwd 0I6TSwviLDtVwaTr encrypted
hostname Lorway-PIX
domain-name lorwayco.com
fixup protocol ftp 21
fixup protocol ftp 22
fixup protocol h323 h225 1720
fixup protocol h323 ras 1718-1719
fixup protocol http 80
fixup protocol ils 389
fixup protocol pptp 1723
fixup protocol rsh 514
fixup protocol rtsp 554
fixup protocol sip 5060
fixup protocol sip udp 5060
fixup protocol skinny 2000
no fixup protocol smtp 25
fixup protocol sqlnet 1521
names
access-list 80 permit ip 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.2.0 255.255.255.0
access-list 80 permit ip 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.4.0 255.255.255.0
access-list outside_access_in permit icmp any any
access-list outside_access_in permit tcp any any eq 50000
access-list outside_access_in permit udp any any eq 50000
access-list outside_access_in permit tcp any any eq smtp
access-list outside_access_in permit tcp any any eq www
access-list outside_access_in permit tcp host 66.242.236.26 any eq smtp
access-list outside_access_in permit tcp host 208.21.46.12 any eq smtp
access-list outside_access_in permit tcp host 68.59.232.176 any eq smtp
access-list outside_access_in permit tcp any any eq pop3
access-list outside_access_in permit tcp any any eq https
access-list outside_access_in permit tcp any any eq ftp
access-list outside_access_in permit tcp host 68.53.192.139 any eq smtp
access-list outside_access_in permit tcp any any eq ftp-data
access-list outside_access_in permit tcp any any eq 1009
access-list outside_access_in permit tcp any host 192.168.1.122 eq 7000
access-list outside_access_in permit tcp host 192.168.1.122 any eq 7000
access-list outside_access_in permit tcp any any eq 7000
access-list outside_access_in permit tcp any any eq pptp
access-list outside_access_in permit gre any any
access-list 10 permit ip 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.2.0 255.255.255.0
access-list 20 permit ip 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.4.0 255.255.255.0
access-list 30 permit ip 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.2.0 255.255.255.0
pager lines 24
mtu outside 1500
mtu inside 1500
ip address outside 74.221.188.249 255.255.255.0
ip address inside 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0
ip audit info action alarm
ip audit attack action alarm
pdm logging informational 100
pdm history enable
arp timeout 14400
global (outside) 1 interface
nat (inside) 0 access-list 80
nat (inside) 1 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0 0
static (inside,outside) tcp interface 3389 192.168.1.15 3389 netmask 255.255.255.255 0 0
static (inside,outside) tcp interface 50000 192.168.1.160 50000 netmask 255.255.255.255 0 0
static (inside,outside) udp interface 50000 192.168.1.160 50000 netmask 255.255.255.255 0 0
static (inside,outside) tcp interface smtp 192.168.1.15 smtp netmask 255.255.255.255 0 0
static (inside,outside) tcp interface https 192.168.1.15 https netmask 255.255.255.255 0 0
static (inside,outside) tcp interface www 192.168.1.15 www netmask 255.255.255.255 0 0
static (inside,outside) tcp interface pop3 192.168.1.15 pop3 netmask 255.255.255.255 0 0
static (inside,outside) tcp interface 7000 192.168.1.122 7000 netmask 255.255.255.255 0 0
static (inside,outside) tcp interface pptp 192.168.1.15 pptp netmask 255.255.255.255 0 0
access-group outside_access_in in interface outside
route outside 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 74.221.188.1 1
timeout xlate 0:05:00
timeout conn 1:00:00 half-closed 0:10:00 udp 0:02:00 rpc 0:10:00 h225 1:00:00
timeout h323 0:05:00 mgcp 0:05:00 sip 0:30:00 sip_media 0:02:00
timeout uauth 0:05:00 absolute
aaa-server TACACS+ protocol tacacs+
aaa-server RADIUS protocol radius
aaa-server LOCAL protocol local
http server enable
http 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 inside
snmp-server host inside 192.168.1.118
no snmp-server location
no snmp-server contact
snmp-server community public
snmp-server enable traps
floodguard enable
sysopt connection permit-ipsec
sysopt connection permit-pptp
sysopt connection permit-l2tp
crypto ipsec transform-set lorway1 esp-3des esp-sha-hmac
crypto map lorwayvpn 30 ipsec-isakmp
crypto map lorwayvpn 30 match address 30
crypto map lorwayvpn 30 set peer 66.18.55.250
crypto map lorwayvpn 30 set transform-set lorway1
crypto map lorwayvpn interface outside
isakmp enable outside
isakmp key ******** address 66.18.50.178 netmask 255.255.255.255
isakmp key ******** address 66.18.55.250 netmask 255.255.255.255
isakmp identity address
isakmp nat-traversal 20
isakmp policy 9 authentication pre-share
isakmp policy 9 encryption 3des
isakmp policy 9 hash sha
isakmp policy 9 group 2
isakmp policy 9 lifetime 86400
telnet timeout 5
ssh 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 outside
ssh 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 inside
ssh timeout 60
console timeout 0
dhcpd lease 3600
dhcpd ping_timeout 750
dhcpd auto_config outside
terminal width 80
Cryptochecksum:5c7b250c008519fe970262aa3bc28bb5
: end

Config looks good to me.
I would actually upgrade your PIX to the latest version of 6.3.x if you still have access to the software center as this PIX is on its EOL and you are running an extremely old version of code.
If you place your Windows server bypassing the PIX temporarily, I assume you are able to connect to the VPN?

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So I guess that brings us to our problem.. a few years back and at the height of the recession and near bankruptcy myself, I was damn lucky and hit on something and began a small arts and crafts supply service to sell my products online to a very "niche market" ...I had a unique product and still sell that product (plus others) online...My website is www.vinylcouture.com...Strange? Yes...but there is a market it seems, for everything now, and this is the market I service...Catagorically, these are 99%+ women that use these "adhesive, sticky backed vinyl products" to make different "craft items" that are just way too various and numerous to go into... generally older women, women who are computer illiterate for the most part...and all this is irrelevant to my problem, but I want you to have every bit of background on this and especially the demographic we are dealing with, so we can get right to the meat of the problem.
OK...So about two years ago, I decided to offer a "plain sheet" product of a plain colored "stick back" vinyl... it is available in multiple quantities of packs ( like 5 pieces, 10 pieces, 15 pieces, in a packi & so on)...and if you are still on my site.. go to any "GO RIGHT TO OUR ORDER PAGE" button, scroll down a little...and then to the "PLAIN VINYL" section...you will see the Weebly website order process.) You can back out from here, I think,..but, anyway this product is available in 63 colors + or - a few. So then the problem is, how do they select their individual colors within that (whatever) pack?... .
So my initial idea was to enable a "selection form" for these "colors" that would be transmitted to me via email as 'part" of the "order process".. We tried getting our customers to submit a " a list" ( something my competitiors still do, lol, poor bastards)......but that..is just unbelievable..I can't even begin to tell you what a freakin' nightmare that was...these people cannot even count to 10, much less any higher... figuring out what colors to list and send me... well, lets just say, it wasn't working......I had to figure out a better way...Something had to be done.
So after thinking this all out, and yeah...due to my total ignorance, i figured that we could make a form with Live Cycle Designer (Now Forms Central)...(back then something that was bundled with Adobe Acrobat Pro), I believe, and thats what this thing was authored in... and it would be all good...LOL!
Well not so simple...as you well know, Adobe Acrobat would NOT LET YOU EMAIL anything from itself.....it just wouldn't work (and I know why, and all that hooey), but not being one to take NO for answer,.I started looking for a way to make my little gizmo work.. So I found this company that said they can "hijack" (re-direct actually) the request to email, bypass the wah-wah, and re-transmit it to the proper parties.....for less than $100 a year, I think...its called http://pdf-fillableforms.com/.
A nice gentleman named Joseph Silva helped us program the thing to go to his servers and back out. Please dont hassle them...I need them...for now..it basically does work...try it...you should get back a copy of the form that you filled out...good luck however, if you're on MAC OSX or similar...
I have included a copy of both of our forms (and feel free to fill it out and play with it)...just put test somewhere on it...(and you must include YOUR email or it will balk)..they are supposed to be mostly identical, except one seems to be twice as large....generating a 1.7 meg file upon submission, while the other one only generates a 600K file or so...thats another issue for another day or maybe you can advise on that also...
OK so far so good......In our shop, once Grandma buys a 10 pack (or whatever), Only then she gets to the link on her receipt page ro the relevant "selection form" ,(this prevents "Filling and Sending" with "no order" and "no payment", another early problem we had)... which they can click on and it will usually download and open up on their device if all goes well...Then our little form is supposed to be fillable and is supposed to ADD UP all the quantities, so grandma knows how many she is buying and so forth right on the fly, and even while she changes her mind..., and IT'S LARGE so grandma can see it, and then it TOTALS it all up for them, ( cause remember, they can NOT add).., except there is a programming bug (mouse-click should be a mouse-up probably or something..) which makes you click in the blank spaces to get to a correct TOTAL...about 70-80% of our customers can enable all these features and usually the process completes without problems for them especially on PC's running Windows OS and Acrobat Reader X or XI...at least for most... Unfortunately it is still not the "seamless process" I would like or had envisioned for the other folks out there that do have trouble using our form.... Many folks report to us the following issues that we know of. First of all it takes too much time to load up...We know its HUGE...is there anyway that you can see, to streamline this thing? I would love for it to be more compact...this really helps on the phones and pads as I'm sure you well know.
Some just tell us,"it WON'T work"....I believe this is because they are totally out of it and dont even have Adobe Reader on their machine, & don't know how to get it ( yes, we provide the links).....or it's some ancient version....no one can stop this one...
It almost always generates some kind ( at least one time) of "error message" which we do warn them about..., telling one, basically that "Acrobat doesnt even like this happening at all, and it could be detrimental to ones computer files", blah-blah...(this freaks grandma out really bad)...& usually they end up not even trying to send it... and then I get calls that even you wouldn't believe...& If they DO nut up and push the Red "Submit Form" button, it will usually send the thing to us (and also back to them at the "required email address" they furnished on the form, thats what the folks at the "fillable forms place" do) so, if it's performing it's functions, why it is having to complain?. What are we doing wrong?....and how can I fix it?...Will re-compiling it or saving it as a newer version of "FormsCentral" correct any of these problems ?
Ok, so that should keep you busy for a minute and we can start out with those problems...but the next thing is, how can I take advantage of YOUR re-direct & hosting services?, And will it get rid of the error messages, and the slowness, and the iOS incompatibilities ? (amazingly, the last iOS Reader version worked almost OK.. but the newest version doesnt seem to work with my form on my iphone4) If it will enable any version of the iOS to send my form correctly and more transparently, then it might be worth the money...$14.95 a MONTH you say. hmmmmm...Better be good.
Another problem is, that I really don't need 5000 forms a month submitted. I think its like 70-100 or less....Got any plans for that? Maybe I'm just not BIG ENOUGH to use Adobe's services, however in this case, I really don't care whose I do use as long as the product works most correctly for my customers as well as us. Like I said, If I'm doing the best I can, I won't change anything, and still use the other third party, If Adobe has a better solution, then i'm all for that as well. In the meantime, Thanks for any help you can provide on this...
Michael Corman
VinylCouture.com
(706) 326-7911

Need help with JTextArea and Scrolling

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;
import javax.swing.*;
public class MORT_RETRY extends JFrame implements ActionListener
private JPanel keypad;
private JPanel buttons;
private JTextField lcdLoanAmt;
private JTextField lcdInterestRate;
private JTextField lcdTerm;
private JTextField lcdMonthlyPmt;
private JTextArea displayArea;
private JButton CalculateBtn;
private JButton ClrBtn;
private JButton CloseBtn;
private JButton Amortize;
private JScrollPane scroll;
private DecimalFormat calcPattern = new DecimalFormat("$###,###.00");
private String[] rateTerm = {"", "7years @ 5.35%", "15years @ 5.5%", "30years @ 5.75%"};
private JComboBox rateTermList;
double interest[] = {5.35, 5.5, 5.75};
int term[] = {7, 15, 30};
double balance, interestAmt, monthlyInterest, monthlyPayment, monPmtInt, monPmtPrin;
int termInMonths, month, termLoop, monthLoop;
public MORT_RETRY()
Container pane = getContentPane();
lcdLoanAmt = new JTextField();
lcdMonthlyPmt = new JTextField();
displayArea = new JTextArea();//DEFINE COMBOBOX AND SCROLL
rateTermList = new JComboBox(rateTerm);
scroll = new JScrollPane(displayArea);
scroll.setSize(600,170);
scroll.setLocation(150,270);//DEFINE BUTTONS
CalculateBtn = new JButton("Calculate");
ClrBtn = new JButton("Clear Fields");
CloseBtn = new JButton("Close");
Amortize = new JButton("Amortize");//DEFINE PANEL(S)
keypad = new JPanel();
buttons = new JPanel();//DEFINE KEYPAD PANEL LAYOUT
keypad.setLayout(new GridLayout( 4, 2, 5, 5));//SET CONTROLS ON KEYPAD PANEL
keypad.add(new JLabel("Loan Amount$ : "));
keypad.add(lcdLoanAmt);
keypad.add(new JLabel("Term of loan and Interest Rate: "));
keypad.add(rateTermList);
keypad.add(new JLabel("Monthly Payment : "));
keypad.add(lcdMonthlyPmt);
lcdMonthlyPmt.setEditable(false);
keypad.add(new JLabel("Amortize Table:"));
keypad.add(displayArea);
displayArea.setEditable(false);//DEFINE BUTTONS PANEL LAYOUT
buttons.setLayout(new GridLayout( 1, 3, 5, 5));//SET CONTROLS ON BUTTONS PANEL
buttons.add(CalculateBtn);
buttons.add(Amortize);
buttons.add(ClrBtn);
buttons.add(CloseBtn);//ADD ACTION LISTENER
CalculateBtn.addActionListener(this);
ClrBtn.addActionListener(this);
CloseBtn.addActionListener(this);
Amortize.addActionListener(this);
rateTermList.addActionListener(this);//ADD PANELS
pane.add(keypad, BorderLayout.NORTH);
pane.add(buttons, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
pane.add(scroll, BorderLayout.CENTER);
addWindowListener( new WindowAdapter()
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e)
System.exit(0);
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
String arg = lcdLoanAmt.getText();
int combined = Integer.parseInt(arg);
if (e.getSource() == CalculateBtn)
try
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Got try here", "Error", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
catch(NumberFormatException ev)
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Got here", "Error", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
if ((e.getSource() == CalculateBtn) && (arg != null))
try{
if ((e.getSource() == CalculateBtn) && (rateTermList.getSelectedIndex() == 1))
monthlyInterest = interest[0] / (12 * 100);
termInMonths = term[0] * 12;
monthlyPayment = combined * (monthlyInterest / (1 - (Math.pow (1 + monthlyInterest, -termInMonths))));
lcdMonthlyPmt.setText(calcPattern.format(monthlyPayment));
if ((e.getSource() == CalculateBtn) && (rateTermList.getSelectedIndex() == 2))
monthlyInterest = interest[1] / (12 * 100);
termInMonths = term[1] * 12;
monthlyPayment = combined * (monthlyInterest / (1 - (Math.pow (1 + monthlyInterest, -termInMonths))));
lcdMonthlyPmt.setText(calcPattern.format(monthlyPayment));
if ((e.getSource() == CalculateBtn) && (rateTermList.getSelectedIndex() == 3))
monthlyInterest = interest[2] / (12 * 100);
termInMonths = term[2] * 12;
monthlyPayment = combined * (monthlyInterest / (1 - (Math.pow (1 + monthlyInterest, -termInMonths))));
lcdMonthlyPmt.setText(calcPattern.format(monthlyPayment));
catch(NumberFormatException ev)
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Invalid Entry!\nPlease Try Again", "Error", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
} //IF STATEMENTS FOR AMORTIZATION
if ((e.getSource() == Amortize) && (rateTermList.getSelectedIndex() == 1))
loopy(7, 5.35);
if ((e.getSource() == Amortize) && (rateTermList.getSelectedIndex() == 2))
loopy(15, 5.5);
if ((e.getSource() == Amortize) && (rateTermList.getSelectedIndex() == 3))
loopy(30, 5.75);
if (e.getSource() == ClrBtn)
rateTermList.setSelectedIndex(0);
lcdLoanAmt.setText(null);
lcdMonthlyPmt.setText(null);
displayArea.setText(null);
if (e.getSource() == CloseBtn)
System.exit(0);
private void loopy(int lTerm,double lInterest)
double total, monthly, monthlyrate, monthint, monthprin, balance, lastint, paid;
int amount, months, termloop, monthloop;
String lcd2 = lcdLoanAmt.getText();
amount = Integer.parseInt(lcd2);
termloop = 1;
paid = 0.00;
monthlyrate = lInterest / (12 * 100);
months = lTerm * 12;
monthly = amount *(monthlyrate/(1-Math.pow(1+monthlyrate,-months)));
total = months * monthly;
balance = amount;
while (termloop <= lTerm)
displayArea.setCaretPosition(0);
displayArea.append("\n");
displayArea.append("Year " + termloop + " of " + lTerm + ": payments\n");
displayArea.append("\n");
displayArea.append("Month\tMonthly\tPrinciple\tInterest\tBalance\n");
monthloop = 1;
while (monthloop <= 12)
monthint = balance * monthlyrate;
monthprin = monthly - monthint;
balance -= monthprin;
paid += monthly;
displayArea.setCaretPosition(0);
displayArea.append(monthloop + "\t" + calcPattern.format(monthly) + "\t" + calcPattern.format(monthprin) + "\t");
displayArea.append(calcPattern.format(monthint) + "\t" + calcPattern.format(balance) + "\n");
monthloop ++;
termloop ++;
public static void main(String args[])
MORT_RETRY f = new MORT_RETRY();
f.setTitle("MORTGAGE PAYMENT CALCULATOR");
f.setBounds(600, 600, 500, 500);
f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
f.setVisible(true);
}need help with displaying the textarea correctly and the scroll bar please.
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