MN-100 plus dsl modem

My ISP says I have to use their modem, which is a speedstream that has built
in router and firewall. It only has one ethernet port though so I connect it
my mn100. everything works fine as far as internet access and our lan. I am
trying to set up a vpn but I cannot figure out how to do the port forwarding
or if it is possible in this configuration. I forwarded port 1723 on the
modem to the router ip and forwarded port 1723 on base station to same port
on local machine. If I scan the port online it reports it as open, but I
cannot make the connection. I tried port 80 tcp/udp to the same machine to
try to access by web and it is not found when I try to access from the web,
although again the port is reported as open. Any suggestions? Do I really
need to use their modem or can I get a passive modem and just worry about
the base station router? Am I missing something else?

Thanks

nevermind. the problem stemmed form the fact that I cannot connect from
within the lan using the wan address. I can connect from an external
location via wan address. must be some loop back issue.
"Evan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> My ISP says I have to use their modem, which is a speedstream that has
built
> in router and firewall. It only has one ethernet port though so I connect
it
> my mn100. everything works fine as far as internet access and our lan. I
am
> trying to set up a vpn but I cannot figure out how to do the port
forwarding
> or if it is possible in this configuration. I forwarded port 1723 on the
> modem to the router ip and forwarded port 1723 on base station to same
port
> on local machine. If I scan the port online it reports it as open, but I
> cannot make the connection. I tried port 80 tcp/udp to the same machine to
> try to access by web and it is not found when I try to access from the
web,
> although again the port is reported as open. Any suggestions? Do I really
> need to use their modem or can I get a passive modem and just worry about
> the base station router? Am I missing something else?
>
> Thanks
>
>

Actually you need to upgrade the MN100 firmware to get
loopback support on the MN100.

>-----Original Message-----
>nevermind. the problem stemmed form the fact that I
cannot connect from
>within the lan using the wan address. I can connect from
an external
>location via wan address. must be some loop back issue.
>"Evan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> My ISP says I have to use their modem, which is a
speedstream that has
>built
>> in router and firewall. It only has one ethernet port
though so I connect
>it
>> my mn100. everything works fine as far as internet
access and our lan. I
>am
>> trying to set up a vpn but I cannot figure out how to
do the port
>forwarding
>> or if it is possible in this configuration. I
forwarded port 1723 on the
>> modem to the router ip and forwarded port 1723 on base
station to same
>port
>> on local machine. If I scan the port online it reports
it as open, but I
>> cannot make the connection. I tried port 80 tcp/udp to
the same machine to
>> try to access by web and it is not found when I try to
access from the
>web,
>> although again the port is reported as open. Any
suggestions? Do I really
>> need to use their modem or can I get a passive modem
and just worry about
>> the base station router? Am I missing something else?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>
>
>.
>

You need to get the updated firmware of the MN100 for loopback support
(pre-1.09 versions didn't have loopback support)

The current firmware for the MN100 is 1.11.017
You can get that at
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/br...Downloads.aspx

--
Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP

Find out about the MS MVP Program -
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx

"Evan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> nevermind. the problem stemmed form the fact that I cannot connect from
> within the lan using the wan address. I can connect from an external
> location via wan address. must be some loop back issue.
> "Evan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > My ISP says I have to use their modem, which is a speedstream that has
> built
> > in router and firewall. It only has one ethernet port though so I
connect
> it
> > my mn100. everything works fine as far as internet access and our lan. I
> am
> > trying to set up a vpn but I cannot figure out how to do the port
> forwarding
> > or if it is possible in this configuration. I forwarded port 1723 on the
> > modem to the router ip and forwarded port 1723 on base station to same
> port
> > on local machine. If I scan the port online it reports it as open, but I
> > cannot make the connection. I tried port 80 tcp/udp to the same machine
to
> > try to access by web and it is not found when I try to access from the
> web,
> > although again the port is reported as open. Any suggestions? Do I
really
> > need to use their modem or can I get a passive modem and just worry
about
> > the base station router? Am I missing something else?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
>
>