IP Addresses

A customer of ours has a small network (running our software) consisting of
a server (SBS2003 R2) and 3 XP PCs. The server has a static IP address,
192.168.1.1 and assigns dynamic IP addresses to the other PCs. There is a
second network adapter in the server to which a 4-Port router is connected.
The customer also has other PCs/laptops that don't require access to the
server, but do require occasional internet access. These are plugged into
the router when needed.
Eventually we want to set up a VPN connection to the server, and the XP
machines connected to it, if possible. My main questions are 1) Can we do
this with the hardware we have or do we require a special VPN router and 2)
What should be the setup of the IP addresses for the router, and the other
PCs on the network. In order to enable remote access to the XP machines does
the router need to have an IP address in the same range as the server (ie
192.168.1.***), and can I set a the static IP address for both network
adapters to be the same? At the moment the router is set to 10.0.0.1 and the
DCHP server is enabled. Our server, and the customer's other PCs get their
IP address from the router. This doesn't sound right to me.
Apologies if this sounds confused - I am! Any help would be appreciated.

Andy Baker



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