Windows – 1723 port isn’t opened after setting up an incoming connection on Windows 10

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I have set up my VPN server/incoming connection as this:

http://www.howtogeek.com/135996/how-to-create-a-vpn-server-on-your-windows-computer-without-installing-any-software/

I can connect to the server computer(where I set up the incoming connection) using remote desktop but can not connect to it using VPN connection.

When I am trying to connect to the server computer by VPN, I got error code 868 immediately.

I have tried telnet and got the surprised result:

C:\Users\paleneutron>telnet 127.0.0.1 1723
Connecting To 127.0.0.1...Could not open connection to the host, on port 1723: Connect failed

These code fails even I closed my firewall.

It seems the 1723 port isn't opened!

I have tried the same steps on a Windows 7 machine, everything works fine.

Where is the problem?

Thanks for any help!

Best Answer

I encountered the same issue after updating Windows 10 to 1709. To correct the issue ensure that the service Remote Access Auto Connection Manager is running.

  1. Open the task manager
  2. Select the services tab
  3. Look for either the name RasAuto or description Remote Access Auto Connection Manager
  4. Once the service is running, open a command prompt
  5. Run the command netstat -a | more and confirm that TCP 0.0.0.0:1723 is listening

I hope this helps

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