I found my next hurdle. I have MSN/Qwest DSL service. MSN purchased and provided the DSL modem direct from Arescom (Arescom NetDSL 800) According to QWest support, they had them hard programmed with a firewall and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.252. QWest says this limits the modem to 3 IP's
Server = 192.268.0.1
DSL Modem = 192.168.1.1
Lan card for modem = 192.168.1.2
http://bespin.org/~merwin/arescom/ give me a Setup program and instructions that are supposed to allow me to disable the modem firewall and forward IP's and Ports. However, the program can not detect the modem.
Does this sound right. Just hand it to MSN to keep us down.
I have ordered a different DSL modem (ActionTEC GT701) QWest says this should be able to handle the setup.
Any comments?
After that we have the issue local LAN vs. Remote client.
The laptop is on a docking station during the day on the LAN. Every night it goes home to work via the VPN. Can the laptop have a different subnet than the lan os it won;t mess up the VPN when it is remote. Does that make sence...
I changed the from a dynamic IP to a fixed 192.168.3.1 and it would not see the LAN. What next?