Originally posted here by Highlander
Hi All;

Since someone brought up VPN and tunnelling....
I have a VPN problem.....
My telco uses a nonroutable IP between me and
my ISP Example my computer - 192.168.113.5 - Router at my ISP
Problem.... If trying to use VPN to a remote computer via my ADSL
circuit...no go....
I can and do use port forewarding for my web/mail server here at my
shop and several other functions... no problem...
Even a Game Server will work....
But no VPN......
Ideas ???? Work arounds ????

And no... my Telco will not fix it and both my ISP and myself
have tried ....

I use a Linksys router and a Pairgain Modem to my ADSL circuit
My ISP uses a Cisco router on his sie of the link to the ADSL DSlam
We do not have control of that nonroutable IP address....

Thanks


When you try the VPN you are encapsulating the packets twice. This will probably will not work unless you can figure out some way on the destination firewall to tell where the return packets should go.

Also make sure anything to do with IPSEC and/or PPTP passthru is turned on the local routers. Port forwarding has nothing to do with VPN because the packets are encrypted from the gateway (the device or your machine with the software loaded).