Re: Can I VPN with dynamic IP addresses

From: SuperGumby [SBS MVP] (not_at_your.nellie)
Date: 10/24/04 

Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 07:28:42 +1000

you do not need a static IP but it makes life easier.

With a dynamic IP you would be best off looking into a dynamic DNS service
which will allow you to create a name for the server. www.dyndns.org is one
such service.

The vigor may even have a dynamic dns client builtin. It may perform the
update for you each time the IP changes. If not, I've found DirectUpdate to
be stable on both W2K and 2K3.

"Gary Cooper" <GaryCooper@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BCA3C8C0-9C7E-457F-9045-D8505E7DB708@microsoft.com...
> I'm setting up a SBS2003 and want to connect to it remotely so I can use
> Outlook/Exchange.
>
> Option 1 is to dial in directly to my SBS using the modem on my notebook.
>
> Option 2 is to use a VPN.
>
> I would like to use the VPN solution as this allows me to browse the web
> on
> my notebook whilst I'm connected to my SBSServer.
>
> I've tried seting it up and am getting error 800s. I think this may be
> because I'm trying to connect to 192.168.1.11.
> I don't see that I can reliably assign the IP address on the WAN side of
> my
> Draytek Vigor as it is dynamically assigned by my ISP.
>
> Am I correct in thinking that to create a VPN I need a fixed IP address
> provided by my ISP on my server end?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gary

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