VPN issue

hi,

We have a consultant who setups the vpn server for us right inside the
firewall and told us to use a public IP address to setup VPN connection on
our laptop and just vpn into our network from home. Once we vpn in, we can
see our servers but can't ping servers by names. So, wonder if this is a
right way to do?

Another question is that in order to vpn into our network, our laptops must
have an Internet connection. So, without an Internet connection, how can we
vpn? I heard that we can have point to point VPN or something, i'm not really
sure. The issue is that we have Cingular wireless service but the Internet
option is disabled so that users can't use the Internet while connecting to
the company's network. So, without the internet access, how can a computer
vpn? Thanks for reply.

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Curiosity

Posting this in the microsoft.public.win2000.ras_routing newsgroup. might
help.

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"curiosity" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:0C2E3489-6C6F-4427-AEFB-(E-Mail Removed)...
> hi,
>
> We have a consultant who setups the vpn server for us right inside the
> firewall and told us to use a public IP address to setup VPN connection on
> our laptop and just vpn into our network from home. Once we vpn in, we can
> see our servers but can't ping servers by names. So, wonder if this is a
> right way to do?
>
> Another question is that in order to vpn into our network, our laptops
> must
> have an Internet connection. So, without an Internet connection, how can
> we
> vpn? I heard that we can have point to point VPN or something, i'm not
> really
> sure. The issue is that we have Cingular wireless service but the Internet
> option is disabled so that users can't use the Internet while connecting
> to
> the company's network. So, without the internet access, how can a computer
> vpn? Thanks for reply.
>
> ------
> Curiosity

"curiosity" wrote...
> hi,
>
> We have a consultant who setups the vpn server for us right inside the
> firewall and told us to use a public IP address to setup VPN connection on
> our laptop and just vpn into our network from home. Once we vpn in, we can
> see our servers but can't ping servers by names. So, wonder if this is a
> right way to do?

Not having VPN name resolution usually happens because the VPN server was
configured to pass out the wrong DNS server IPs to the VPN clients. The DNS
server passed out to the VPN clients should be the same IP they use when on
the local LAN (usually a private IP). Then you should have name resolution.

>
> Another question is that in order to vpn into our network, our laptops
> must
> have an Internet connection. So, without an Internet connection, how can
> we
> vpn? I heard that we can have point to point VPN or something, i'm not
> really
> sure. The issue is that we have Cingular wireless service but the Internet
> option is disabled so that users can't use the Internet while connecting
> to
> the company's network. So, without the internet access, how can a computer
> vpn? Thanks for reply.

The only way to use VPN direct without an Internet connection is a direct
connection to the VPN server, literally. Usually this would be a dial-up
connection directly to the VPN server. The VPN server would have to be
configured with RRAS and accept direct dial-in connections. Of course, this
would be a LOT slower than a high speed Internet connection.

-Frank