More Drayet Vigor problems - VPN set up

We need to use VPN to allow the boss to connect from home.
I have setup the Vigor 2600 on our small office network, and all
the PC's (roughly 15) can access the internet no problem.

Our BT ADSL is a single dynamic IP account. I have set up an
account at https://www.dyndns.org/ and am using DirectUpdate
to make sure the Vigor 2600 knows our BT IP address. At home
last night but I was unable to connect to the office. I still
use Win98se, but the boss' PC has WinXP Pro, although I've
havent tried it from his PC yet.

I'm new to routers and broadband in general, and still quite
new to LAN's, so any help will be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks in advance.


James H

On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 09:36:56 +0000 (UTC), "J Houston"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>We need to use VPN to allow the boss to connect from home.
>I have setup the Vigor 2600 on our small office network, and all
>the PC's (roughly 15) can access the internet no problem.
>
>Our BT ADSL is a single dynamic IP account. I have set up an
>account at https://www.dyndns.org/ and am using DirectUpdate
>to make sure the Vigor 2600 knows our BT IP address. At home
>last night but I was unable to connect to the office. I still
>use Win98se, but the boss' PC has WinXP Pro, although I've
>havent tried it from his PC yet.
>
>I'm new to routers and broadband in general, and still quite
>new to LAN's, so any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
>Many thanks in advance.
>
>
>James H
>

Well one thing's for sure - you have a fair bit of knowledge to get
this far! From an absolute newbie on this subject, can VPN be used
as a peer to peer or is there a need for a server?

David Bradley

"David Bradley" <(E-Mail Removed)7> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 09:36:56 +0000 (UTC), "J Houston"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> Well one thing's for sure - you have a fair bit of knowledge to get
> this far! From an absolute newbie on this subject, can VPN be used
> as a peer to peer or is there a need for a server?
>

Dont know. The VPN on the Draytrek device is supposed to work
independantly of any server. Our network is running on a Windows
Server 2003, but I cant imagine it not working on a peer to peer
set up.



James H

On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 09:36:56 +0000 (UTC), "J Houston"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>We need to use VPN to allow the boss to connect from home.
>I have setup the Vigor 2600 on our small office network, and all
>the PC's (roughly 15) can access the internet no problem.

http://www.draytek.co.uk/support/index.html
http://www.forum.draytek.co.uk/

Dave

"J Houston" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> We need to use VPN to allow the boss to connect from home.
> I have setup the Vigor 2600 on our small office network, and all
> the PC's (roughly 15) can access the internet no problem.
>
> Our BT ADSL is a single dynamic IP account. I have set up an
> account at https://www.dyndns.org/ and am using DirectUpdate
> to make sure the Vigor 2600 knows our BT IP address. At home
> last night but I was unable to connect to the office. I still
> use Win98se, but the boss' PC has WinXP Pro, although I've
> havent tried it from his PC yet.

It can work fine though the "single dynamic IP account" was a
mistake amd has made your life more difficult.

> I'm new to routers and broadband in general, and still quite
> new to LAN's, so any help will be greatly appreciated.

So why on earth aren't you using a company that knows how to do this?
For people that do this for a living it would have been a half day job to
connect you to an appropriate service and get everything set up correctly.

In message <3fa2feaf$0$52882$(E-Mail Removed)>, Alastair
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>"J Houston" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:bntafo$skh$(E-Mail Removed)...

>It can work fine though the "single dynamic IP account" was a
>mistake amd has made your life more difficult.
>
Hi Alastair

Can u explain this, I have only 1 IP address, are you saying VPN won't
work? I am new to this.
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David Lindsay
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"David Lindsay" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> In message <3fa2feaf$0$52882$(E-Mail Removed)>, Alastair
> <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
> >"J Houston" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >news:bntafo$skh$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> >It can work fine though the "single dynamic IP account" was a
> >mistake amd has made your life more difficult.
> >
> Hi Alastair
>
> Can u explain this, I have only 1 IP address, are you saying VPN won't
> work? I am new to this.

VPN works fine over a single IP, it's the fact that it's dynamic
that makes your life trickier. It can still be done though using
services like dyndns.org but if this is for business it seems daft
to add that extra level of complexity when you can get ADSL
services with static IPs, probably for the same price you are
paying now or less.

The Draytek UK site has lots of docs showing how to set up
VPN links from a 2600 to a variety of clients.

In message <3fa37eb7$0$52880$(E-Mail Removed)>, Alastair
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>"David Lindsay" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:9XEiM4Aby2o$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> In message <3fa2feaf$0$52882$(E-Mail Removed)>, Alastair
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>> >"J Houston" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> >news:bntafo$skh$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> >It can work fine though the "single dynamic IP account" was a
>> >mistake amd has made your life more difficult.
>> >
>> Hi Alastair
>>
>> Can u explain this, I have only 1 IP address, are you saying VPN won't
>> work? I am new to this.
>
>VPN works fine over a single IP, it's the fact that it's dynamic
>that makes your life trickier. It can still be done though using
>services like dyndns.org but if this is for business it seems daft
>to add that extra level of complexity when you can get ADSL
>services with static IPs, probably for the same price you are
>paying now or less.
>
>The Draytek UK site has lots of docs showing how to set up
>VPN links from a 2600 to a variety of clients.
>
Thanks I am following those docs, very useful
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David Lindsay
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"Alastair" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> VPN works fine over a single IP, it's the fact that it's dynamic
> that makes your life trickier. It can still be done though using
> services like dyndns.org but if this is for business it seems daft
> to add that extra level of complexity when you can get ADSL
> services with static IPs, probably for the same price you are
> paying now or less.

I believe I said in my original post that I had setup an account
on dyndns.org and it still doesnt seem to work. **Thats**
my problem.



> The Draytek UK site has lots of docs showing how to set up
> VPN links from a 2600 to a variety of clients.
>

Needless to say I followed what is written in the documents
without success either.



James H

"J Houston" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "Alastair" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:3fa37eb7$0$52880$(E-Mail Removed).. .
> >
> > VPN works fine over a single IP, it's the fact that it's dynamic
> > that makes your life trickier. It can still be done though using
> > services like dyndns.org but if this is for business it seems daft
> > to add that extra level of complexity when you can get ADSL
> > services with static IPs, probably for the same price you are
> > paying now or less.
>
> I believe I said in my original post that I had setup an account
> on dyndns.org and it still doesnt seem to work. **Thats**
> my problem.
>
>
>
> > The Draytek UK site has lots of docs showing how to set up
> > VPN links from a 2600 to a variety of clients.
> >
>
> Needless to say I followed what is written in the documents
> without success either.

Sorry, I don't know what more to suggest. My company would no doubt
be glad to quote to set it up for you.