Allow VPN with router

[Basscyst]

Hello -

I just recently set up a wireless network with a linksys wireless-g router\firewall. Now that the router is distributing the internet connection, all my pc's now have local ip's ie. 192.168.0.1,2,3 etc.

How can I allow incoming VPN access to my network - I'm running windows 2000 - I have the connection set-up I just don't know what ip address to tell my clients to connect to??? Do I just give the actual IP address of the router? If so where can I look to obtain it?

Thanks,
Basscyst

[liorean]

It depends on your router. Some routers support VPN themselves - if so you just need to give them the external address for the router. If not, you need to allow VPN on a computer in your LAN, and give the router orders to redirect the port you use for VPN to that internal address. The external connection will still have to go to the external address of your router, however. Note that the person logging in to VPN needs a user name and password to your VPN server, whether it be the router itself or a computer in the network.

The external address to the router is can normally be obtained from it's status screen, which is most often avaolable by accessing a specific IP, such as 192.168.1.254 or 192.168.0.0 or something like that. It differs between routers and I haven't got any experience with linksys routers. If the router is directly connected to the internet, it is the IP address you have if you visit for example <http://whatismyip.com>.

[Basscyst]

Thanks Liorean,

Seems my router doesn't support VPN - I've found the info for setting it up but it is a bit over my head at this point. . .getting closer though :)

[Basscyst]

OK - I'm still trying to figure this one out. . . .

I would like to know if this is a viable solution -

1. Take my VPN enabled PC - and connect my cable Modem to it instead of the router and enable ICS.

2. Then through a secondary NIC card connect that PC to the router where the cable modem should go.

3. Connect the rest of my PC's through the router as normal.

Would that work out? Would the VPN PC distribute the internet connection to the router and then the router to the rest of the PC's?

Just figured I'd ask b4 I start tearing apart my network :rolleyes:

Basscyst

[Basscyst]

OK - I figured out how this is accomplished. The solution was really very simple. You have to add the PC you want as the host, as a DMZ host in the router firmware. I still have security issues with the VPN but at least IIS and Netmeeting are working.

Basscyst