Re: VPN confusion

From: Shenan Stanley (news_helper_at_hushmail.com)
Date: 02/13/04 

Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 18:30:48 -0600

Colin Depner wrote:
> I want to set up a VPN with a couple friends. I have XP Home and they
> both have XP Pro. I'm using a DSL intrnet connection as is one of the
> other PC's. The other one uses dial-up access. I have my "Incoming
> Connections" set to allow VPN connections, and my DSL gateway set to
> allow VPN's. The gateway is an Actiontec something or other, but
> anyway, it has ethernet and USB cables. I have them both plugged in
> to my PC and the connections bridged. I don't know if that's really
> necessary but a friend told me that it might help my internet go
> faster. Do the connecting PC's need to call the default IP
> (192.168.0.1) or the IP of the bridge(192.168.0.9)? Any help would be
> useful. I'm losing hair and sleep over this stupid thing!

The router giving you the 192.168 IPs (private IPs) needs to forward the
request to the proper machine. 

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