Re: Router questions

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From: SuperGumby (not_at_your.nellie)
Date: 03/11/04 

Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 16:07:22 +1100

netgears
rp114/614/814
rt 311/314 (obsolete, which means you can pick em up for a song and they
work like trojans) 

-- 
Mick Malloy
http://www.micropol.com.au
"Jerry P" <annonymous@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:%23rExT$wBEHA.1140@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Jose, we are having  the same problem wth the  Linksys and the Netgear, it
> seems Microsoft  should have gone the  extra yard and  finished this  dual
> firewall setup. But do you know  of  a router  that  will work with
SBS2003
> two nics and ISA.
>
> "Jose" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7c1d01c4070a$9df19860$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> > We tried both a BEFSR41 with the latest firmware as well
> > as a current BEFVP41 ver. 2 and both had pasthrough
> > allowed and the correct port forwarded..
> >
> > neither allowed us to create VPN connections...
> >
> > I posted earlier that I figured out it was the router not
> > allowing passthrough, despite having the items checked.
> > What I did was connect a computer to the router which was
> > also connected to the external NIC.  I was able to create
> > a VPN connection.  But when trying to connect from the
> > internet there were constant time-outs..
> >
> > One possibility might be the cable modem itself but that's
> > highly unlikely..
> >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >Right now I am on a Netgear fvs318 and it does not
> > support pptp passthrough
> > >which is what Microsoft says it needs to work. The
> > linksys that I had was a
> > >Befsr41 ver 2.
> > >
> > >"Michael Sainz" <mike@twofatfrogs.com> wrote in message
> > >news:%23sqX%23TwBEHA.2796@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > >> Gavin,
> > >>     Most if not all consumer routers support VPN in
> > both PPTP and L2TP
> > >> w/IPSec. What series/model are you using? Are you
> > positive the router is
> > >> blocking it?
> > >>
> > >> Michael
> > >>
> > >> "Gavin" <gavin@inteNOrproSPAMm.com> wrote in message
> > >> news:%23WgJCAwBEHA.744@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > >> > Linksys does work. In face its as simple as checking
> > off a box under the
> > >> > Security tab.
> > >> >
> > >> > Gavin
> > >> >
> > >> > "Jerry P" <annonymous@microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> > news:OqYeP8vBEHA.1456@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > >> > > Please help, I am 0 for 2  in picking a router to
> > work in sbs 2003 my
> > >> > setup
> > >> > > is two nics and ISA. it seems that  I need a router
> > that supports pptp
> > >> > > passthrough  for  vpn to work. I know  that
> > linksys  and netgear do
> > >not
> > >> > > work. Does anyone  know of a router that will work
> > in this scenerio.
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >.
> > >
>
>

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