VPN Question

[Fiveohhh]

Looking to get a VPN setup at my work to my house. I've read some turorials, but got a little lost. at work we connect to eartlink dsl with ppoe with a dynamic. and right now were just using a linksys router. at home I have a dlink di 704p router that connects to a dsl line with a static IP. I'm planning on using a dyndns setup at work to be able to connect with. Do i need a VPN router on both sides? Also any recommendations for a nVPN router? Sorry for my ignorance and all the questions, just trying to get this figured out.
Thanks

 

[lobadobadingdong]

no but if you have a dynamic ip, you will need a vpn router that has support for ddns. one router serves as the vpn host, you will need a vpn client on any pc, that will access it from the wan.

 

[Fiveohhh]

Any recommendations for a VPN router with ddns? hopefully under $200 only need one VPN connection at a time.

 

[loup garou]

You don't need any hardware. Just use a dyndns client on the work pc, and if it's XP, just create an incoming vpn connection, select users, and point 1723 to your machine in your nat.

 

[lobadobadingdong]

Originally posted by: werk
You don't need any hardware. Just use a dyndns client on the work pc, and if it's XP, just create an incoming vpn connection, select users, and point 1723 to your machine in your nat.

yea, if you only need one vpn connection, that's the way to go, I'm still testing, but there is a dlink something or other for about $75 on newegg that supports up to 40 ipspec clients.

 

[Fiveohhh]

Thanks I'll try that out tonight. So when I connect to the work network I'd be "acting" as my work computer? Or would I just be added onto the network..
THanks

 

[Fiveohhh]

figured out how to get an outgoing vpn on my home machine and I forwarded port 1723 on my work router to my pc, now I just need help getting my work PC setup I searched the help oin xp, but it didn't help me much.

 

[Fiveohhh]

Anyone know how to set up an incoming VPN on the work network?

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: Fiveohhh
Anyone know how to set up an incoming VPN on the work network?

Network Connections>New Connection>
Allow incoming connections>I
gnore the devices (it'll probably only show your lpt1 port), click Next>
Allow VPN Connections, click Next>
Select users, click Next>
Modify TCP/IP to fit into your IP scheme, make sure it's not handing out IPs of other machines on the network, click Next>
Click Finish

You're all set.

And all this is really unnecessary because you could just forward port 3389 to your machine and just use Remote Desktop to connect to your machine.

 

[Fiveohhh]

would setting it up the way you describe do the same thing as remote desktop? I thought it just let me connect to my works network, so I could work Like a PC on the local work network. I use remote desktop everyonce in awhile but I like working on my home PC and haveing access to all my programs at home, and being able to see the hd light working or wondering if it froze... basically I just want to be able to pull files and access files on the work network. No more network overhead besides file transfer..

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: Fiveohhh
would setting it up the way you describe do the same thing as remote desktop? I thought it just let me connect to my works network, so I could work Like a PC on the local work network. I use remote desktop everyonce in awhile but I like working on my home PC and haveing access to all my programs at home, and being able to see the hd light working or wondering if it froze... basically I just want to be able to pull files and access files on the work network. No more network overhead besides file transfer..

To do what you want, stick with the VPN and forget about RD, then.

 

[CZroe]

Ironically, you will not be able to access the Internet while using XP Home and Pro's integrated VPN server. In case you were hoping to get around a filter at work or something

 

[Fiveohhh]

Originally posted by: CZroe
Ironically, you will not be able to access the Internet while using XP Home and Pro's integrated VPN server. In case you were hoping to get around a filter at work or something

If I got a VPN router at work would i be able to than?...
THanks for the input so far

 

[CZroe]

You should. It depends on the configuration actually. My cable ISP charges extra to get around their NAT/Firewall... They provide the outside IP and Internet connection via VPN.

 

[Fiveohhh]

Thanks I'll give it a shot this weekend when I get a chance to set it up

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: CZroe
Ironically, you will not be able to access the Internet while using XP Home and Pro's integrated VPN server. In case you were hoping to get around a filter at work or something

I'm not sure what you're talking about. Do you mean he can't access the internet on the client or the server? And why would he set up a VPN server at work to circumvent a proxy?