Help! I need a step by step guide for VPN using the Linksys routers.

[Swanny]

Hello all,

I have taken on this VPN project for my dad and I'll a little over my head. I have the tunnel established, but I don't know how to get the clients to work. All the computers are running Win 98, except a server running Win NT 4.0 at site 1. What I need is a step by step guide that tells me how to set up the clinets to they can get from one network to the other. The only things I've found so far are Win 2K guides.


Thanks a lot,
Swan

 

[Swanny]

Please?

 

[CZroe]

I'm interested too
I got a connection through to WinXP Pro as the server, but that's all I can get going...

 

[Swanny]

Bump-a-de-boo!!

 

[watts3000]

Which router are you using I remember that the befsr41 4 port routers could only handle one vpn connection at a time the eight port version also had the same problem. I do know they recently released some routers that were meant for vpn purposes.

 

[Swanny]

<< Which router are you using >>



BEFVP41

 

[Swanny]

Can anyone in the Sunday crowd help?

 

[Swanny]

Last bump.

 

[SQL]

So are you using the Linksys routers on both ends? Is the NT server plugged into a router as well? Or are you using RRAS on NT?

 

[WholeMIlk]

Well, if the tunnel is there, and I'm assuming you are using different networks on each side, and that you can ping computers on the other networks.

I'm thinking you can't find others with their netBios names? Do you have WINS setup on the server and have all clients pointing to it? Or you could just make lmhost files...

 

[Swanny]

<< So are you using the Linksys routers on both ends? Is the NT server plugged into a router as well? Or are you using RRAS on NT? >>



Yes, there are Linsyses on both ends. Server runs nothing but the insurance rating sofware and NetBIOS.



<< Well, if the tunnel is there, and I'm assuming you are using different networks on each side, and that you can ping computers on the other networks. >>



Yes, the tunnels is there. They are on different network (192.168.1.x and 192.168.2.x). I haven't tried pinging the computers. But I did try to get the print servers to load their administration web page (on IE). That did not work.


Thanks for the responses so far.

 

[Swanny]

A bump.

 

[SQL]

Is there a static routing section in the router?

 

[Swanny]

<< Is there a static routing section in the router? >>



Yes, there is. I don't have anything in it right now. Should I?

 

[SQL]

I would think you'd have to. You have 2 seperate networks 192.168.1 and 192.168.2 so you need to tell the routers where to route to.

Have you tried the pings yet?