establishing a VPN with broadband connection

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Diane Bast

At my main office, I have a DSL connection; at the home
office, a cable modem. My cable modem provider apparently
offers only dynamic IPs.

Can I set up a VPN between the two if I can't get a static
IP for the home computer? --diane

Diane Carol Bast
Vice President - Internal Affairs
The Heartland Institute
Chicago, Illinois
(e-mail address removed)
 
You just need to know what the ip of the remote host is at the time you want
to esbalish the connection.
 
Look at No-IP.com which maps an alias (usually of your choice) to a DHCP assigned IP address. A
small program runs on your PC and contacts the No-IP.com servers on a periodic basis. The server
then maps the IP of your PC to the alias and propagates that over the public internet. It works very
well for me and its FREE.... Go to http://www.no-ip.com for help. Additional like services, some
FREE and some $$$$, can be found on this page...

http://www.remotenetworktechnology.com/ow.asp?Remote_Network_Home/Connections

You would call the remote PC using the alias...

FYI, I do that with an XP Pro box acting as a VPN server and connecting a PocketPC through a PPTP
VPN tunnel once the PocketPC is connected to the public internet.

http://www.oecadvantage.net/ajarvi/PpcVPN.html

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Understood -- but a little tricky since the remote host is
at a house that is basically unoccupied (kids are at
school, their dad is at work) during the office hours that
I need to make the connection! But I appreciated the
reply, as it does help me better understand what it is I'm
trying to do.
 
Of course, *after* I posted my original message I saw your
earlier response about No-IP.com. This looks like a really
valuable service, especially for my situation. I
appreciate your taking the time to re-post it without
giving me grief said:
-----Original Message-----
Look at No-IP.com which maps an alias (usually of your
Click to expand...
choice) to a DHCP assigned IP address. A
small program runs on your PC and contacts the No-IP.com
Click to expand...
servers on a periodic basis. The server
then maps the IP of your PC to the alias and propagates
Click to expand...
that over the public internet. It works very
well for me and its FREE.... Go to http://www.no-ip.com
Click to expand...
for help. Additional like services, some
FREE and some $$$$, can be found on this page...

http://www.remotenetworktechnology.com/ow.asp?Remote% 5FNetwork%5FHome%2FConnections

You would call the remote PC using the alias...

FYI, I do that with an XP Pro box acting as a VPN server
Click to expand...
and connecting a PocketPC through a PPTP
VPN tunnel once the PocketPC is connected to the public internet.

http://www.oecadvantage.net/ajarvi/PpcVPN.html
Click to expand...
for the mutual benefit of all of us...
 
Does No-IP work through a NAT firewall router?
Sooner Al said:
Look at No-IP.com which maps an alias (usually of your choice) to a DHCP assigned IP address. A
small program runs on your PC and contacts the No-IP.com servers on a periodic basis. The server
then maps the IP of your PC to the alias and propagates that over the public internet. It works very
well for me and its FREE.... Go to http://www.no-ip.com for help. Additional like services, some
FREE and some $$$$, can be found on this page...

http://www.remotenetworktechnology.com/ow.asp?Remote_Network_Home/Connections

You would call the remote PC using the alias...

FYI, I do that with an XP Pro box acting as a VPN server and connecting a PocketPC through a PPTP
VPN tunnel once the PocketPC is connected to the public internet.

http://www.oecadvantage.net/ajarvi/PpcVPN.html

--
Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)

Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the mutual benefit of all of us...
The MS MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights...
Click to expand...
 
Yep...I use it with my home LAN which is behind a XP ICF as noted on my PPC PPTP VPN page.

--
Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)

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